Return to Centro Histórico

After a stirring e-mail exchange with his father, awardwinning essayist and cultural commentator Ilan Stavans decided to do something bizarre: revisit his hometown, Mexico City, accompanied by a tourist guide. But rather than seeking his roots in the neighborhood where he grew up, he headed to the Centro Histórico, the downtown area at the heart of the world’s largest metropolis. It was there that conversos, the hidden Jews escaping the mig...

By Ilan Stavans
File Size: 3996 KB
Print Length: 180 pages
Publisher: Rutgers University Press (December 30, 2011)
Publication Date: December 27, 2011
Sold by: Amazon Digital Services LLC
Language: English
ASIN: B00ABG6SGS
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I bought this book because I've recently become obsessed with the study of the history of Jewish people in Mexico. It's very personal and I suspect that my family of Mexican origin has both Ashkenazi and Sephardic ancestors.While Ilan focuses on his

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