The Letters That Never Came

The story of longing and hope in the life of a Jewish boy and his family in 1930s Uruguay.

About the author

Mauricio Rosencof is a well-known Uruguayan playwright, poet, and journalist. Since 2005 he has been Director of Culture of the Municipality of Montevideo.

Summary

Originally published in Spanish in 2000 and first appearing in English in 2004, The Letters that Never Came is an autobiographical novel in three parts that reflects Rosencof’s life growing up in 1930s Uruguay as the son of Polish-Jewish immigrants and, later, his twelve-year imprisonment during the military dictatorship.

Product details

• Authors: Mauricio Rosencof, Mauricio/ Popkin Rosencof
• Assisted by: Louise Popkin (Translation), Louise B Popkin (Translation), Louise B. Popkin (Translation)
• Publisher: Texas Tech University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.05.2014
• EAN: 9780896728653
• ISBN: 978-0-89672-865-3
• Series: Americas; Americas (Texas Tech); Americas; Americas (Texas Tech)
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Südamerika, Belletristik: allgemein und literarisch, FICTION / Biographical, Fiction - General, FICTION / Hispanic & Latino