REVIEWS September/October 2016 Volume VI, No
Association of Jewish Libraries REVIEWS September/October 2016 Volume VI, No. 3 Reviews of Nonfiction Titles for Adults EDITED BY DANIEL SCHEIDE AND REBECCA JEFFERSON Aizenberg, Edna. On the Edge of the Holocaust, The Shoah in Latin American Literature and Culture. Waltham, Massachusetts: Brandeis University Press, 2016. 182 pp. $40.00. (9781611688566). On the Edge of the Holocaust describes how five Latin American intellectuals, important writers and diplomats, took a stand against Hitlerism. The author is Professor Emeritus of Hispanic Studies at Marymount Manhattan College, and an internationally recognized Borges scholar. She explains how Jorge Luis Borges, Clarice Lispector, Alberto Gerchunoff, Joao Guimaraes Rosa and Gabriela Mistral, interpreted the Shoah, and how they were impacted by and responded to the Nazi phenomena. She demonstrates the various ways in which the Shoah stimulated new forms of narration, journalism and poetry, as well as how to interpret these authors’ works in the light of the Holocaust. Extensive footnotes are supplied, together with quotes from the works under examination (in Spanish with English translation), and a detailed index. This is a valuable contribution to Latin American and Holocaust studies, and a useful, recommended addition to Judaica collections in academic and high school libraries. Susan Freiband, Retired Library Educator and Volunteer Temple Librarian, Arlington, VA CONTENTS Reviews of Nonfiction Titles for Adults p. 1 Fiction - Teen p. 33 Reviews of Literature Titles for Adults p. 21 Holocaust and World War II p. 35 Reviews of Multimedia titles for Adults p. 24 Israel p. 36 New Editions of Award Winning Titles p. 25 Jewish Life & Values p.
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