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The Jewish Gauchos of the Pampas

by Alberto Gerchunoff, Prudencio de Pereda
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Jewish immigrant tales of Argentina's grasslands.

The Jewish Gauchos of the Pampas is a compelling read for anyone interested in Jewish South American history and culture. The book captures the unique and symbiotic relationship between the Jewish and non-Jewish communities of Argentina in the early 20th century. Alberto Gerchunoff's vivid depiction of the shtetl life in the grasslands of Argentina is an excellent representation of the Jewish immigrant experience in South America.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

The Jewish Gauchos of the Pampas

by Alberto Gerchunoff, Prudencio de Pereda
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ISBN: 9780826317674
Authors: Alberto Gerchunoff, Prudencio de Pereda
Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
Date of Publication: 1998-01-01
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: History, Literature
Related Topics: European History, World History, Social Justice
Goodreads rating: 3.63
(rated by 68 readers)

Description

Jewish Latin American literature in Spanish begins with The Jewish Gauchos of the Pampas , a series of vignettes about shtetl life in Argentina first published in 1910 and now available for the first time in an English-language paperback edition as the inaugural volume in the new Jewish Latin America series. Praised for its depiction of how two entirely different cultures could coexist in a symbiotic relationship, Jewish Gauchos was written about a decade after Jewish immigration to Argentina began in earnest. The author, a major figure in Argentine literature, was a great influence on Borges."Alberto Gerchunoff was an indisputable writer. . . [He] handled with equal ease the oral and written languages; in his books one finds the fluidity of the good 'conversador,' and his conversation (I can still hear him) is marked by generous and infallible literary precision."--Jorge Luis Borges
 

Jewish immigrant tales of Argentina's grasslands.

The Jewish Gauchos of the Pampas is a compelling read for anyone interested in Jewish South American history and culture. The book captures the unique and symbiotic relationship between the Jewish and non-Jewish communities of Argentina in the early 20th century. Alberto Gerchunoff's vivid depiction of the shtetl life in the grasslands of Argentina is an excellent representation of the Jewish immigrant experience in South America.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.