| The Jewish Gauchos of the Pampas Contributor(s): Gerchunoff, Alberto (Author), Pereda, Prudencio De (Translator) |
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ISBN: 0826317677 ISBN-13: 9780826317674 Publisher: University of New Mexico Press OUR PRICE: $24.75 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 1998 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Historical - General |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 97038279 |
| Lexile Measure: 1060 |
| Physical Information: 0.52" H x 5.6" W x 8.28" (0.54 lbs) 179 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1900-1919 - Cultural Region - Latin America - Ethnic Orientation - Jewish |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher 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 |
Contributor Bio(s): Gerchunoff, Alberto: - Alberto Gerchunoff (1884-1950) emigrated to Argentina from Russia. |