"Writers from Argentina, Brazil, Peru, Venezuela, Guatemala, Mexico and other countries represent an ethnically diverse culture with roots in eastern Europe as well as Spain… Organized geographically and chronologically, the anthology includes tales by such masters as Alberto Gerchunoff… a large number of innovate women writers, and some authors more familiar to English-speaking readers.”
-Library Journal
“Reminds us that society south of the border is just as multicultural as in the Us, and that Jews have played and important role in it since the time of the Spanish conquest”
-Publishers Weekly
To paraphrase Américo Castro, one can study Jewish literature without taking Latin America into account, but one cannot study Latin American literature without include Jewish writers. This book validates that premise.”
-Choice
