Here I Am: Contemporary Jewish Stories from Around the World
A premier collection of contemporary Jewish short stories from around the world, "Here I Am" spans six continents and twenty-four countries. Contributors include Cynthia Ozick, Elie Wiesel, Primo Levi, Nadine Gordimer, and Allegra Goodman, as well as many authors never before published in English.
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A premier collection of contemporary Jewish short stories from around the world, Here I Am spans six continents and twenty-four countries. Contributers include Cynthia Ozick, Elie Wiesel, Primo Levi, Nadine Gordimer, and Allegra Goodman, as well as many authors never before published in English.Editors Marsha Lee Berkman and Elaine Marcus Starkman have compiled a stunning chorus of voices that articulate the evolving Jewish identity. Surprisingly, drastic differences in geography have done little to affect the basic themes of what it means to be a Jew today: the hardships of living in the Diaspora, the specter of anti-Semitism, the fear of complete assimilation, and of lost heritage.Moment Magazine - Peter GilbertHere I Am contains many beautiful and arresting stories - by Max Apple, Ruth Fainlight, Naim Kattan, and Andre Aciman, among others. It also introduces readers to a number of previously unknown writers.
AcknowledgmentsIntroduction1The American Bakery19Here I Am26Puttermesser: Her Work History, Her Ancestry, Her Afterlife38Bruno's Metamorphosis52The Four Questions71Madagascar89Kaddish in Cambodia101The Ugly Jewess104Racial Memories110In the Name of His Name133Mar Abramowitz137Osorno141The Last Emigrant146A Small Farm in the Interior, Quatro Irmaos District, Rio Grande Do Sul: September 24, 1935-September 23, 1947150Southwards179Another Survivor190The Chant of Being198Finkelstein's Fingers206Miriam221The Instructor232Missing Pieces259Irons and Diamonds264Jerusalem272Expectations276My Father Leaves Home283Two Years in Exile290Braverman, DP307Escape Westward318Farewell, Babylon337The Last Seder342Akud355Five Seasons360A Room on the Roof374The Store397A Matter of Identity403Biographies435Permissions445Selected Bibliography451
\ New Zealand Jewish Chronicle"Stories which will challenge, entertain, upset...and ultimately enrich the reader . . . a good addition to any personal Judaica collection."—New Zealand Jewish Chronicle\ \ \ \ \ Peter GilbertHere I Am contains many beautiful and arresting stories - by Max Apple, Ruth Fainlight, Naim Kattan, and Andre Aciman, among others. It also introduces readers to a number of previously unknown writers. \ — Moment Magazine\ \
