Amalia Ran is assistant professor of contemporary Latin American fiction and Jewish Latin American literature and culture at the University of Nebraska in Lincoln and a research fellow at the S. Daniel Abraham Center for International and Regional Studies at Tel Aviv University.

This scholarly work explores the Judeo-Argentinean experience from different perspectives and reevaluates Jewish and Argentinean elements in contemporary fiction. It describes and analyzes the immigrant experience, the establishment of communitarian institutions and the integration of Jews within Argentinean society, as reflected in novels written by Mario Szichman, Sergio Chejfec, Gabriela Avigur-Rotem, Alicia Dujovne Ortiz, Ricardo Feierstein, and Andres Neuman. The book discusses notions of collective memory and identity from different angles as reflected in the literary text. There are extensive footnotes and a 13 page bibliography. The author is Assistant Professor of contemporary Latin American fiction and Jewish Latin American literature and culture at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln. She is also a research fellow at the S. Daniel Abraham Center for International and Regional Studies at Tel Aviv University. The book is a useful addition to Judaica collections in college, university and research libraries.

Amalia Ran is assistant professor of contemporary Latin American fiction and Jewish Latin American literature and culture at the University of Nebraska in Lincoln and a research fellow at the S. Daniel Abraham Center for International and Regional Studies at Tel Aviv University.

This scholarly work explores the Judeo-Argentinean experience from different perspectives and reevaluates Jewish and Argentinean elements in contemporary fiction. It describes and analyzes the immigrant experience, the establishment of communitarian institutions and the integration of Jews within Argentinean society, as reflected in novels written by Mario Szichman, Sergio Chejfec, Gabriela Avigur-Rotem, Alicia Dujovne Ortiz, Ricardo Feierstein, and Andres Neuman. The book discusses notions of collective memory and identity from different angles as reflected in the literary text. There are extensive footnotes and a 13 page bibliography. The author is Assistant Professor of contemporary Latin American fiction and Jewish Latin American literature and culture at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln. She is also a research fellow at the S. Daniel Abraham Center for International and Regional Studies at Tel Aviv University. The book is a useful addition to Judaica collections in college, university and research libraries.

Amalia Ran is assistant professor of contemporary Latin American fiction and Jewish Latin American literature and culture at the University of Nebraska in Lincoln and a research fellow at the S. Daniel Abraham Center for International and Regional Studies at Tel Aviv University.

This scholarly work explores the Judeo-Argentinean experience from different perspectives and reevaluates Jewish and Argentinean elements in contemporary fiction. It describes and analyzes the immigrant experience, the establishment of communitarian institutions and the integration of Jews within Argentinean society, as reflected in novels written by Mario Szichman, Sergio Chejfec, Gabriela Avigur-Rotem, Alicia Dujovne Ortiz, Ricardo Feierstein, and Andres Neuman. The book discusses notions of collective memory and identity from different angles as reflected in the literary text. There are extensive footnotes and a 13 page bibliography. The author is Assistant Professor of contemporary Latin American fiction and Jewish Latin American literature and culture at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln. She is also a research fellow at the S. Daniel Abraham Center for International and Regional Studies at Tel Aviv University. The book is a useful addition to Judaica collections in college, university and research libraries.