Claudio Lomnitz’s “Nuestra América: A Jewish Latin American Odyssey”

Kate Wolf talks with Claudio Lomnitz, author of Nuestra América: My Family in the Vertigo of Translation.

By LARB Radio HourFebruary 26, 2021

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Kate Wolf talks with Claudio Lomnitz, author of Nuestra América: My Family in the Vertigo of Translation, which traces his family's history in the Jewish diaspora from the Eastern European region of Bessarabia to South America and on to Mexico. Claudio tells tales of his relatives — in particular, his maternal grandfather Misha Adler, a scholar and publisher involved in a number of revolutionary movements in the mid-20th century. He also relates his family's experiences to the struggles of marginalized peoples and migrants across the globe.

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