num_pages: 282
description: Tracing the dramatic lives, through 500 years, of the old and distinguished Sephardic Jewish family from whom he is descended, Perera brilliantly recreates the history not only of his own people but of an entire culture.
language: English
title: The Cross and the Pear Tree: A Sephardic Journey
titlecomplete: The Cross and the Pear Tree: A Sephardic Journey
genres: Judaism, Biography
ratings_count: 39
publisher: University of California Press