Vita immaginata di Shimon Ginzburg

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Jean Baumgarten

Patricia Farazzi

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Afterword by: Donatella Calabi
Translation by: Francesca Bononi
Year of publication: 2023

Synopsis:
In 1593, "The Book of Customs" appears in Venice, written by a printer-publisher named Shimon Ginzburg, a text that contributed to the survival of Judaism in exile and under persecution. But we know almost nothing about this historical figure. The authors then imagined his human and social profile and present it to us through a highly original epistolary novel that also brings in a young Venetian woman curious about the world and her time. Through this fascinating and erudite book, poised between true history and invented episodes, Patricia Farazzi and Jean Baumgarten give us a grand fresco of the historical and social events of the Jews and the Venice Ghetto at the end of the 16th century.

Other information:
Series: Fondamenta
Pages: 136
Language: Italian
ISBN: 9791280930132

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Biographical notes

Jean Baumgarten is research director at the CNRS and professor emeritus at the Center de Recherches Historiques (EHESS). His work focuses on Yiddish literature and the cultural history of the Ashkenazi world. Among his numerous works are Mille ans de culture ashkénazes (Paris 1994, Clio prize) and Le petit monde. Le corps humain dans les textses de la tradition juive, de la Bible aux Lumières (2017).

His books are translated into numerous languages including Italian.

Patricia Farazzi writes and works for the French publishing house Editions de l'éclat, of which she is co-founder and where she directs the series dedicated to poetry and philosophy. Her latest book, Fragmentation, was published in 2023.

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