Drawing to an inside straight [electronic resource] : the legacy of an absent father / Jodi Varon.
2006
F785.J5 V37 2006eb
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Drawing to an inside straight [electronic resource] : the legacy of an absent father / Jodi Varon.
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Columbia : University of Missouri Press, 2006.
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English
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175 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
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F785.J5 V37 2006eb
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978.8/83004924 B
Summary
"Varon interweaves recollections of growing up in Vietnam-era Denver with stories of her gambler father, son of Sephardic Jewish immigrants, and offers an introduction to Sephardic culture contrasted with Ashkenazic culture, examines the forging of identity within the potentially destructive American "melting pot," and challenges stereotypes of the American West"--Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 173-175).
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Table of Contents
Bennie
Benji
Benjamin
The tongue's delight
When quizzac was cherry
Rubes in New York
In the vale
The second ace
Levitation
Paella and yellow cabs
Ben-anna split
Spinoza's trade
I'd give my life for a drink of raki
Doppelgangers, daughters
In amsterdam
Along the route of the caliphate
The man in the porkpie hat.
Benji
Benjamin
The tongue's delight
When quizzac was cherry
Rubes in New York
In the vale
The second ace
Levitation
Paella and yellow cabs
Ben-anna split
Spinoza's trade
I'd give my life for a drink of raki
Doppelgangers, daughters
In amsterdam
Along the route of the caliphate
The man in the porkpie hat.