MAN OF ASHES

Isacovici, Salomon & Juan Manuel Rodriguez & Dick Gerdes

ISBN 10: 0803273932 / ISBN 13: 9780803273931

Edité par University of Nebraska Press, 2001

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: MAN OF ASHES
• Éditeur: University of Nebraska Press
• Date de parution: 2001
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0803273932
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780803273931
• Reliure: Paperback
• Édition: 1st English Language.
• État de l'article: Fine

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Synopsis

"A poignant, groundbreaking memoir that links the Holocaust and its aftermath to the safe haven that opened for camp survivors in Latin America at mid-century. The controversy surrounding the collaboration between Isacovici and Rodríguez remains an extraordinary opportunity to reflect on the thorny path of Jewish-Hispanic relations worldwide."-Ilan Stavans "Distinguished by geography as well as by its painful testimony. . . . Much of the memoir's early drama involves the creeping Nazi threat opposing Jews' wishful thinking-that the war might be ending and that 'it can't happen here.' . . . The author's family is shattered in Birkenau, but he survives Auschwitz with jobs peeling potatoes and mining coal at Jaworno, and he survives a gruesome death march as the Soviets advance. Isacovici is able to rejoin two brothers in a fruitless return to the family farm and to many European cities in search of a haven. He then joins the family of a woman with whom he has a serious romance, who end up with visas for Ecuador, where he feels an empathy for the suffering of the local Indians. . . . This account tells an unforgettable and unique story."-Kirkus Reviews Salomon Isacovici died in 1998. Dick Gerdes is a professor of Spanish at George Mason University. Man of Ashes was first published in Mexico in 1990 as A7393: Hombre de cenizas and was awarded the Fernando Jeno Prize.

À propos de l?auteur

Salomon Isacovici died in 1998. Dick Gerdes is a professor of Spanish at George Mason University. Man of Ashes was first published in Mexico in 1990 as A7393: Hombre de cenizas and was awarded the Fernando Jeno Prize.