Marjorie Agosin is professor of Spanish at Wellesley College. She has written several books of poetry, essays, and criticism, among them The Light of Desire. Jacqueline Nanfito is professor of Spanish in the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures at Case Western Reserve University. Michal Held is professor of Judeo-Spanish (Ladino) literature and culture and Hebrew literature at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
"Las islas blancas / The White Islands is an imaginative act of
witness, evoking pity and terror, the inhumanity of men, the beauty
of nature, and the tragedies of the Jewish people."-- "Review:
Literature and Arts of the Americas"
"This bilingual edition of verse is a triumph of the imagination as
Chilean-born Marjorie Agosín retraces the exile of the Sephardic
Jews from Spain after the Alhambra Decree in 1492. Agosín's soaring
lines are a testament to the resiliency of all who have left one
home in search of the next as well as the peculiar beauties of the
Mediterranean."
-- "World Literature Today"
"The White Islands / Las Islas Blancas evokes the vibrancy of those
banished Sephardic communities, especially of the women, who
carried their faith, language, and traditions, along with a
profound love of life, to their new homes. Rich in metaphor and
euphony, this bilingual compilation, beautifully translated from
the Spanish by Jacqueline Nanfito, consists of individual lyrical
gems, yet reads like one long narrative poem."--Bárbara Mujica
"Washington Independent Review of Books"
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