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Being rich is no picnic. It’s no good to be wealthy, especially in Mexico. You get what I’m saying? It’s no good!
When people talk to me, they suck up to me, all smiles and flattery: It’s señora Tinif…
Contributor:
Abraham Weisbaum
Places:
Mexico City, Mexico
Date:
1959
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Ruth Schloss
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Jerusalem, Israel
Date:
1953
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The refugees sat with their spoons halfway to their mouths, apparently listening with great seriousness, and trying with all their might not to burst into gales of laughter. The long, skinny lady left…
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Esther Singer Kreitman
Places:
London, United Kingdom
Date:
1944
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On the first day they sailed, the Pechofs saw the film called Argentina, the Promised Land. The screen had been divided into four parts like a coat of arms, and they saw wheat fields, cows in profile…
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Mario Szichman
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Buenos Aires, Argentina
Date:
1971
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In 1943, the nights were black. The country was at war with Germany and a blackout was instituted, perforated from time to time by fifth-columnists lighting cigarettes to reveal Bom Fim’s defensive…
Contributor:
Moacyr Scliar
Places:
Porto Alegre, Brazil
Date:
1972
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My grandfather, like so many others, came to Canada by steerage from Poland in 1900 and settled down not far from Main Street in what was to become a ghetto. Here, as in the real America, the…
Contributor:
Mordecai Richler
Places:
New York City, United States of America
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Date:
1961
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Now whatever else may be involved in a nondeliberate change of accent, one thing is clear: it bespeaks a very high degree of detachment from the ethos of one’s immediate surroundings. It is…
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Norman Podhoretz
Places:
New York, United States of America
Date:
1967