Nuestra América: My Family in the Vertigo of Translation

by Claudio Lomnitz

Book Overview

NAMED A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF THE YEAR BY KIRKUS REVIEWS

A riveting study of the intersections between Jewish and Latin American culture, this immigrant family memoir recounts history with psychological insight and the immediacy of a thriller.

In Nuestra Am rica, eminent anthropologist and historian Claudio Lomnitz traces his grandparents' exile from Eastern Europe to South America. At the same time, the book...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1635420709
• ISBN13: 9781635420708
• Release Date: February 2021
• Publisher: Other Press (NY)
• Length: 464 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.7" x 5.7" x 8.3"