The house of memory
Subtitle: stories by Jewish women writers of Latin America
By: edited by Marjorie Agosín ; translation editor, Elizabeth Rosa Horan ; stories translated by Roberta Gordenstein ... [et al.].
Contributors: Agosín, Marjorie.; Horan, Elizabeth, 1956-; Gordenstein, Roberta.
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: The Helen Rose Scheuer Jewish women's series
Publisher: Feminist Press at The City University of New York
Published: 1999
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 246
Subjects: Latin American literature -- Jewish authors; Latin American literature -- Women authors; Jewish literature -- Latin America; Latin American literature -- Translations into English
Description: Stories on Jewish identity in Latin America. In The Sign of the Star by Ana Vásquez, a Jewish boy is ostracized in a Christian school, while in Barbara Mujica's Gotlib, Bombero, a man yearns to become a volunteer fireman, seeing in it a symbol of acceptance by the community.
Notes: Stories translated from Spanish and Portuguese.