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Author:

Nagarajan, Nadia Grosser.

Title:

Pomegranate seeds : Latin American Jewish tales / Nadia Grosser Nagarajan ; introduction by Ilan Stán Stavans.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

University of New Mexico Press,

Copyright Date:

2005

Description:

xviii, 189 p. ; 22 cm.

Subject:

Jews, Latin American--Folklore.
Folklore--Latin America.
Latin America--Social life and customs.

Contents:

I only did that which my god required -- A dream come true -- Seeking wisdom -- The lost one -- In between the snowflakes -- The hatter of Cuenca -- Icarus the frog -- Patches from the past -- The diver -- A girl with rosy cheeks -- The artist -- Esther Solymosy -- A different kind of shtetl -- Neckties, anyone? -- Albertito -- The rabbi's tomb -- The boat ride -- Evita -- Sea monsters -- The survivor -- The mortician -- A dog's loyalty -- Clara and the gypsies -- Ode to a dead son -- The cup and the mug -- The portrait -- Virgin Mary -- An orange on board the Lusitania -- Where the navel is buried -- The encounter -- The house on Back Street -- The coffee party -- The medic -- The shunned toadstool.

Series:

Jewish Latin America

ISBN:

9780826323910 (pbk. : alk. paper)
082632391X (pbk. : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)56096797

LCCN:

2004017462

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)