Singer's Typewriter and Mine Reflections on Jewish Culture |
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| Author:
| Stavans, Ilan |
| Series title: | Texts and Contexts Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8032-7136-4 |
| Publication Date: | Nov 2012 |
| Publisher: | University of Nebraska Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $36.30 |
Book Description:
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A cultural critic of extraordinary erudition, encyclopaedic knowledge, and boundless curiosity, Ilan Stavans, an Ashkenazic Jew who grew up in Mexico, negotiates wildly varied topics as effortlessly and deftly as he manages the multiple perspectives of a dual national, religious, and ethnic identity. In Singer's Typewriter and Mine Stavans interweaves his own experience with that of other Jewish writers and thinkers, past and present, to explore modern Jewish culture across the...
More DescriptionA cultural critic of extraordinary erudition, encyclopaedic knowledge, and boundless curiosity, Ilan Stavans, an Ashkenazic Jew who grew up in Mexico, negotiates wildly varied topics as effortlessly and deftly as he manages the multiple perspectives of a dual national, religious, and ethnic identity. In Singer's Typewriter and Mine Stavans interweaves his own experience with that of other Jewish writers and thinkers, past and present, to explore modern Jewish culture across the boundaries of language and nation.