by Ilan Stavans
Northwestern University Press, 2008
Paper: 978-0-8101-5192-5 | eISBN: 978-0-8101-6346-1 | Cloth: 978-0-8101-2374-8
Library of Congress Classification PS3619.T385D57 2006
Dewey Decimal Classification 813.54

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ABOUT THIS BOOK
Hailed as one of the most important Hispanic writers of his generation, Ilan Stavans is a celebrated storyteller whose work has been translated into a dozen languages and has garnered numerous international awards. The Disappearance: A Novella and Stories contains three masterful gems. The novella, “Morirse está en hebreo,” is a thought-provoking meditation on continuity and tradition among Mexican Jews; “Xerox Man” is an intriguing story about a book thief with a bizarre theological obsession; and the title story, “The Disappearance,” is the resonant tale of a Belgian actor who kidnaps himself in an attempt to respond to neo-Nazi groups. Together, these three pieces offer an unforeseen vista of Jewish-Hispanic relations and confirm Stavans’ reputation as an original literary voice.

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