Fragmented Geographies: A Short Critical Anthology of Jewish Women’s Writing in the Balkans and Latin America

Edited by Oana Hergenröther, Marjorie Agosín, and Jelena Filipović

Love, Loss, and Life between the Biobío and the Danubio

This anthology embraces a physical stretch of land, sea, mountain, marsh, desert, and woods that lies between the two rivers, the Biobío originating in the Chilean Andes and flowing into the Pacific at Concepción, Chile, and the Danube flowing through central and eastern Europe. This space is not measured in miles but in the spiritual and creative journeys of Jewish women writers from Latin America and the Balkans. Spanning novels, memoirs, and poetry, their diverse voices create a unique literary landscape where two seemingly distant regions find common ground in shared histories of refuge, marginality, and sanctuary.

This critical collection brings together powerful stories of resilience following immense trauma – from the survival of death camps and oppressive regimes to the realities of exile. The authors explore what it means to reinvent themselves dynamically and constantly with life in a new land, a new profession, and often, a new language.

This collection includes the following writers: Marjorie Agosín, Ruth Behar, Mimoza Erebara, Jelena Filipović, Rita Gabbai-Simantov, Michal Held Delaroza, Oana Hergenröther, Andrea Jeftanovic, Ava Kadishson Schieber, Entela Kasi, Gordana Kuić, Luljeta Lleshanaku, Myriam Moscona, Angelina Muñiz Huberman, Rosa Nissàn, and Michèle Sarde.

234mm × 156mm; 132 pages, includes color photos and artworks

Paperback 978-1-910146-97-2

Hardback 978-1-910146-98-9

Ebooks also available

Published 8 December 2025

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