With his life torn apart by the death of his son, Arturo, Max Barabander leaves Buenos Aires to return to his native Warsaw, where he revisits his past in the thieves' quarter and embarks on a mindless pursuit of sex as an escape from loneliness and fear

Product Description: Rifke Schulman, a Russian Jew, came to Argentina in 1889 at the age of eighteen and helped set up the small agricultural colony called Moises Ville. Rifke's journal and the accompanying short stories introduce Bela Pelatnik, a victim of the white slave trade; Henoch Rosenvitch, the love of Rifke's life; Leah Uberman on her way to attend Moises Ville's centennial celebration; and many others...read more

Rachael Silver, a Holocaust survivor living in Argentina, decides to recount the history of her family's survival, just as they face another test of courage

'Reprint, with minor changes, of the 1955 translation of Gerchunoff's 1910 classic volume about Jewish immigrants in rural Argentina. Twenty-six vignettes, with some inter-related characters, tell stories of customs, love, death, religion, prejudice, andassimilation. Skillful translation captures bilingual (Spanish-Yiddish) flavor of original. Stavans' essay provides useful historical and literary background'--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.http://www.loc.gov/hlas/

'Translations of 20 stories by 12 writers, including immigrants, first (b. early-20th century) and second (b. 1930s-40s) generation. Variety of styles and subjects, some treating Jewish life and culture. Useful historical introduction by Gardiol; biographical page on each author; bibliography. Well-chosen stories and generally good translations'--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.http://www.loc.gov/hlas/