First published in 1977 this novel is set in the 1930s within a small community of Jews in Peru. Don Jacobo Lerner, an immigrant from Czarist Russia, lies on his deathbed trying to piece together his life and is shown to be the tragic but heroic prototype of the Wandering Jew.
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First published in 1977 this novel is set in the 1930s within a small community of Jews in Peru. Don Jacobo Lerner, an immigrant from Czarist Russia, lies on his deathbed trying to piece together his life and is shown to be the tragic but heroic prototype of the Wandering Jew.
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Good. Good condition. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.
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Near Fine. 0892550023. First American Edition. REVIEW COPY. (Publisher's slip laid-in) Near fine in a virtually fine dj. (Light traces of foxing at edges. Only the slightest degree of discoloration to orange hue on spine of dj. )
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Used Very Good in Very Good jacket. Inscribed by author on half-title page 'To M----. I hope you enjoy the book. Isaac Goldemberg NY/May 8/1977. Stated First Edition on publisher's page. Dust jacket has light wear and tanning at edges, and is covered in removable, clear, mylar Brodart cover. Pages clean, binding tight, cloth cover has light wear. Firefly Bookstore sells items online and in our store front. We try to add images and descriptions when we can, but if you need additional information or photos of the books we list, please contact us.
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New York. 1976. Persea Books. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket. 0892550023. Translated from the Spanish by Robert S. Picciotto. 186 pages. hardcover. Cover photography by R. Vishniac. keywords: Literature Translated Argentina Latin America Jewish. FROM THE PUBLISHER-This remarkable documentary novel is set in Peru. The time, the early 1930's. The characters, a small community of Jews trying to survive within a gentile culture. Don Jacobo Lerner, an immigrant from czarist Russia, lies on his bed the night before his death and tries to piece his life together. Rendered through the eyes of friends and family, through newspaper articles and cultural announcements, and most memorably, through the eyes of his bastard son Efraim whom he has never met, this novel attempts to recreate Lerner's fragmented world. Although Lerner himself is never once described physically, he looms as a character of universal significance, a tragic and almost heroic parody of the Wandering Jew. inventory #4165.
