The Last Happy Family

Marcelo Birmajer

1997

The rabbi Nefret Yehudá is reading the Aramaic nonstop.

I have arrived at his temple, next to the devastation, as if to a mountain of salvation.

Only here have I been able to sleep. Nefret has been reading the text now for over five hours.

I drop off and, as soon as I awaken, he starts making commentaries.

First he tells me:

“The metal is extremely…

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Marcelo Birmajer

b. 1966

Born in Argentina, Marcelo Birmajer is the author of several novels, children’s books, and numerous short stories, many of which feature Jewish characters and themes and portray neighborhoods in Buenos Aires. Birmajer also wrote the screenplay for the 2004 film El abrazo partido.

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