Antitherapies
$42.07
- Paperback
160 pages
- Release Date
10 November 2026
Summary
Golems and dybbuks and Nazis, oh my! Jacques Fux, Brazil’s answer to Philip Roth, offers a remarkably original and entertaining work of autofiction that is essential reading for those interested in the Jewish experience in Latin America.
Winner of Brazil’s prestigious São Paulo Prize, Jacques Fux’s brilliant literary debut novel unveils an outrageously entertaining Portrait of the Artist as a Young Schlemiel. Antitherapies relates the life journey of a young Jewish man coming…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780826370020 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0826370020 |
| Author: | Jacques Fux, Ilan Stavans |
| Publisher: | University of New Mexico Press |
| Imprint: | University of New Mexico Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 160 |
| Release Date: | 10 November 2026 |
| Weight: | 152g |
| Dimensions: | 16mm x 152mm x 229mm |
| Series: | Jewish Latin America Series |
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Critics Review
”[Antitherapies] is one of those books you might have never discovered on your own. But once begun, you find yourself hooked, grateful you didn’t miss it… Worth anyone’s time, I can only add that the reader should enjoy the journey. Take it slow and when you’re done, start over and read it again. Once is not enough.” – Corinne Joy Brown * New Mexico Jewish Journal *
Jacques Fux
Jacques Fux is a Brazilian writer and mathematician. He is the author of more than twenty books, including Herança, an acclaimed novel that explores transgenerational trauma, and Meshugá, winner of the Manaus Literary Prize. His work has been translated into Italian, Spanish, and Hebrew.
Internationally renowned scholar, essayist, linguist, translator, editor, and cultural commentator Ilan Stavans is the Lewis-Sebring Professor of Humanities, Latin American, and Latino Culture at Amherst College. He serves as the series editor for the University of New Mexico Press’s acclaimed Jewish Latin America Series.
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