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Chargement... The Fragmented Life of Don Jacobo Lernerpar Isaac Goldemberg
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First published in 1977 this novel is set in the 1930s within a small community of Jews in Peru. Don Jacobo Lerner, an immigrant from Czarist Russia, lies on his deathbed trying to piece together his life and is shown to be the tragic but heroic prototype of the Wandering Jew. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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Goldemberg writes about the Russian Jewish community in Peru in the early 20th century. The stable, conservative community revolves around Lima, while the merchant class who travel to the hinterlands of Peru intermingle with the native population. What the merchants find is widespread anti-semitism mingled with respect for their abilities to make money. Some sell clothes and hardware, others purvey in prostitution, and some father out of wedlock children. To live in the gentile world or return to Lima is a constant theme.
The main character, Jacobo Lerner, lives in both worlds and is seperated from his out of wedlock child while his brother heads up the Jewish Center in Lima. His straddling these 2 seperate worlds eventually lead to his doom.
This book is listed as one of the 100 best Yiddish novels and I see why it is so respected. A little gem. ( )