The House of Memory

by Agosin, Marjorie; Horan, Elizabeth Rosa; Horan, Elizabeth Rosa; Gordenstein, Roberta

• ISBN13: 9781558612099
• ISBN10: 1558612092
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-04-01
• Publisher: Feminist Pr

Summary

Groundbreaking anthology that explores the intersections of Jewish and LAtin American cultures through the varies styles and perspective of gifted women writers.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	ix
Introduction	1	(28)
Part One The Family Tree: Ancestors and Traditions
From Musicians and Watchmakers	29	(12)
Alicia Steimberg
From The Family Tree	41	(9)
Margo Glantz
From Claper	50	(17)
Alicia Freilich de Segal
From The Book of Memories	67	(9)
Ana Maria Shua
Sailing Down the Rhine	76	(5)
Sonia Guralnik
Rojl Eisips	81	(4)
Teresa Porzecanski
The Portuguese Synagogue	85	(7)
Angelina Muniz-Huberman
Golem	92	(4)
Rosita Kalina
Camera Obscura	96	(11)
Angelica Gorodischer
No More Worries	107	(4)
Clarice Lispector
Part Two The Sign of the Star: Immigrants and Strangers
The Sign of the Star	111	(18)
Ana Vasquez
From May You Make a Good Bride	129	(8)
Rosa Nissan
Gotlib, Bombero	137	(16)
Barbara Mujica
Alcira in Yellows	153	(9)
Alicia Kozameh
Exotic Birds	162	(6)
Reina Roffe
Kaddish	168	(29)
Graciela Safranchik
Part Three On the Border: Forging Identities
Shoes	197	(11)
Margo Glantz
The Melancholy of Black Panthers	208	(6)
Luisa Futoransky
In the Absence of Love	214	(3)
Ruth Behar
On the Border: Essential Stories	217	(10)
Miriam Bornstein