| Description |
xi, 297 p. : ill., map. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 279-287). |
| Contents |
Looking for Henry -- A Kaddish for the Jews who rest in Jewish cemeteries in Cuba and for Raquel's mother who does not -- A tour of Havana's synagogues -- The kosher butcher shop -- The shirt that holds sadness -- Los Prinstein -- In the realm of lost things -- How to pack your suitcase -- Enrique Bender's blue-green eyes remind me of my grandfather -- The dancing Turk -- Monday morning in Luyano -- Danayda Levy's school report -- May Day with a Jewish communist -- The whispering writer -- The three things Jose Marti said all real men had to do -- Einstein in Havana -- Salomon the schnorrer -- Mr. Fisher's twice-yearly gifts -- Becoming Ruth Berezniak -- After everyone has left -- The ketubah that became a passport -- When I see you again there will be no pain or forgetting -- Traces -- Simboulita's parakeet -- Seven Jewish weddings in Camaguey -- Che waits for a new frame -- Pearls left in Cienfuegos -- The Moses of Santa Clara -- A conversation next to El Mamey -- Villa Elisa -- The pact with Abraham -- Salvador's three wives -- A beautiful pineapple -- The last Jew of Palma Soriano -- The Mizrahi clan in Guantanamo -- Departures -- My room on bitterness street. |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. |
| Subject |
Behar, Ruth, 1956-
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Jews -- Cuba -- Biography.
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Cuban Americans -- Biography.
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Jews, Cuban -- United States -- Biography.
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Cuba -- Biography.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
ProQuest (Firm)
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| ISBN |
9780813541891 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
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0813541891 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
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