Drawing to an inside straight the legacy of an absent father /

"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 America...

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Huvudupphov: Varon, Jodi, 1953-
Institutionellt upphov: ebrary, Inc
Materialtyp: Elektronisk E-bok
Språk:engelska
Utgiven: Columbia : University of Missouri Press, 2006.
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  • 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.