1492: The Life and Times of Juan Cabezon of Castile (Jewish Latin America Series)
by Homero Aridjis
Category: Fiction

Part picaresque novel, part moving romance, part historical document, this extraordinary reconstruction of fifteenth-century Spain has been acclaimed throughout Europe and Latin America. Award-winning Mexican writer Homero Aridjis depicts a world in which both the Moors and the Jews are under attack. Now available for the first time in an American paperback edition, this book will find a broad audience among readers fascinated by this aspect of Jewish history.