The House of Jacob
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Author
Contributions
- Julia Kristeva (Foreword) - Contributor
- William Sayers (Translator) - Contributor
Publication
2003-09-01 - Cornell University Press
Language
English
Word Count
42,000 words, Guess
Page Count
168 pages
Physical Format
Hardcover
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL7848509M
- ISBN-139780801440656
- ISBN-100801440653
- OCLC Control Number51848332
- OCLC Control Numberhouseofjacob0000cour
and 3 more
- Library of Congress Control Number2003005596
- Goodreads2145254
- LibraryThing928703
Classifications
- LCCDS135.F89 C6813 2003
Description
"In this book, Sylvie Courtine-Denamy traces her family's exile after their expulsion in 1492 at the time of Spanish unification. Their journey leads her to the exotic ports of Salonika, Constantinople, Bayonne, and Varna, to the cosmopolitan centers of Vienna and Paris, to America and Israel, and to Auschwitz. As she notes, while place and time separate us from those we love or never knew, something continues to link us. For Courtine-Denamy, this "something" is, in part, language - the Judeo-Spanish (Ladino) that is still spoken, whether on the banks of the Danube, on the Aegean Sea, or along the quays of the Seine."--Jacket.
First Sentence
I could not succeed in erasing from my memory the last image of my parents lying in their coffins.
Excerpt
I could not succeed in erasing from my memory the last image of my parents lying in their coffins.
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