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Author:

Aizenberg, Edna, author.

Title:

On the edge of the Holocaust : the Shoah in Latin American literature and culture / Edna Aizenberg.

Publisher:

Brandeis University Press,

Copyright Date:

2016

Description:

xiv, 182 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Subject:

Latin American literature--20th century--History and criticism.
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945), in literature.
Authors, Argentine--Political and social views.
Authors, Chilean--Political and social views.
Authors, Brazilian--Political and social views.
Anti-Nazi movement--Latin America--History.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Preface: didn't all the Nazis go to Argentina? -- "Deutsches requiem": Jorge Luis Borges "represents" the Shoah -- Besieged in Berne: Clarice Lispector and the murmur of catastrophe -- Good-bye Jewish gaucho: Alberto Gerchunoff, anti-Nazi -- Diplomacy, literature, rescue: Jo©Đo Guimar©Đes Rosa, Consul in Hamburg -- Not just children's poetry: Gabriela Mistral, consul in Nice -- Epilogue: the anti-Nazis were there too.

ISBN:

1611688566
9781611688566
1611688558
9781611688559

OCLC:

(OCoLC)907190255

LCCN:

2015020965

Locations:

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

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)