The Jewish Gauchos of the Pampas - Paperback

by Alberto Gerchunoff (Author), Curtus (Author), Ilan Stavans (Editor)

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.

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Originally published in 1910, this stirring depiction of shtetl life in Argentina is once again available in paperback.