The Prophet and Other Stories (Jewish Latin America Series)
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| Rating | : | 4.71 (786 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0826319521 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 112 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-06-11 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
His is a prophetic, solitary Brazilian-Jewish voice that Vieira has made available at last to English-speaking audiences. Known as the pioneer of Brazilian-Jewish writing, Rawet represents an artfully sensitive voice of the Jewish Diaspora in Latin America, especially Brazil, a country of more than 150 million inhabitants that today harbors nearly 150,000 Jews whose ancestry is primarily Eastern European.As Nelson Vieira notes, the stories in this collection all relate to the vicissitudes of displaced individuals who are frequently trapped by society's rigid norms. Samuel Rawet (1929-84) was born in a small Polish town near Warsaw that was eventually destroyed during World War II. Writing in the 1950s and 1960s, Rawet knew first-hand that we all can be others and strangers, even in our own land.. Old World characters enter a New World where they are not used to the language or the sun or "the frustration of not being able to explain." Other characters can't communicate even with those familiar to them; one woman describes herself and her sister as two strangers in a doctor's waiting room.Rawet's characters eloquently embody exile, alienation, and displacement. Some, like the Jew with the
An important voice in the Jewish literature of Brazil Michael J. Mazza "The Prophet and Other Stories," by Samuel Rawet, brings together 12 short stories by this historically important author. The stories have been translated from Portuguese into English by Nelson H. Vieira, who also wrote the introduction.Born in eastern Europe, Rawet (1929-84) emigrated to Brazil as a child. Vieira calls him "the proclaimed pioneer of Brazilian-Jewish writing." Rawet's stories are moody and introspective. His stories often read like extended prose poems, and his language frequently has an odd, almost hypnotic quality.Rawet writes about the immigrant experience, anti-Semitism, family conflict, and other topics. He takes a
Language Notes Text: English (translation) Original Language: Portugese