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The Book of Memories (Paperback, 1st ed)
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The Book of Memories (Paperback, 1st ed)
Series: Jewish Latin America
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Born in Buenos Aires in 1951, Ana Maria Shua is one of the most
exciting and prolific young Latin American Jewish writers. She
published her first book at the age of sixteen; since then she has
published thirteen books, including nonfiction, novels, short
stories, and children's books. The Book of Memories, originally
published in Spanish in 1994, is a humorous yet moving exploration
of a Jewish family's history, as seen through the eyes of three
generations of women. The story begins with Grandfather Gedalia
leaving Poland with forged papers to escape the army and sailing to
Argentina, the "other America." Sometimes charming, sometimes
stingy, this patriarchal figure, a peddler and sometime
moneylender, heads a clan that includes, among others, the feisty
and foul-mouthed Aunt Judith and Uncle Silvester, a seducer of
young girls who has such high principles that he turns himself in
after missing the Argentine police raid on his socialist printing
press. From the assorted perspectives of these and other
characters, this tale of Jewish immigrants explores life in
Argentina, the role of women, and the power and the limits of
machismo and nationalism.
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