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The Return of Carvajal: A Mystery

English

By (author): Ilan Stavans

Illustrated by: Eko

In 2017, the New York Times announced that the long-lost memoir of Luis de Carvajal the Younger had been rediscovered. Considered the first autobiography by a Jew in the Americas, the book had been stolen decades earlier from Mexicos National Archives. Here, Ilan Stavans recounts the extraordinary and entertaining story of the reappearance of this precious object and how its discovery opened up new vistas onto the world of secret Jews escaping the Spanish Inquisition.

Called el Mozo (the Younger) to distinguish him from an uncle of the same name who was governor of Nuevo León, Luis de Carvajal learned of his Jewishness after being raised a Catholic. He came to recognize himself as a messiah for fellow crypto-Jews, and he was burned at the stake on December 8, 1596, in the biggest auto-da-fé in all of Latin America. His memoira 180-page manuscript written by a crypto-Jew targeted by the Holy Office of the Inquisition for unlawful proselytizing activitieswas not only distinct but of enormous value.

With characters such as conniving academics embroiled in a scholarly feud, a magnanimous philanthropist, naïve booksellers, and a secondary cast that could be taken from a David Lynch film, The Return of Carvajal recounts the global intrigue that placed crypto-Jewish culture at the heart of contemporary debates on religion and identity.

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Product Details
  • Weight: 227g
  • Dimensions: 102 x 152mm
  • Publication Date: 01 Oct 2019
  • Publisher: Pennsylvania State University Press
  • Publication City/Country: United States
  • Language: English
  • ISBN13: 9780271084701

About Ilan Stavans

Ilan Stavans is Lewis-Sebring Professor of Humanities Latin American and Latino Culture at Amherst College publisher of Restless Books host of NPRs podcast In Contrast and a columnist for the New York Times en Español. He is the recipient of numerous international awards and honors and his books have been translated into twenty languages. He is the author with Marcelo Brodsky of Once@9:53am: Terror in Buenos Aires and with Roberto Weil of the graphic novel adaptation of Don Quixote of La Mancha both published by Penn State University Press.

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