Gates to Tangier

By Mois Benarroch

THE MOST IMPORTANT SEPHARDI WRITER IN ISRAEL.
haaretz, sept. 2020
A.EINSTEIN LITERARY PRIZE 2023.

An international bestseller published in 7 languages (Spanish, French, German, Portuguese, Hebrew, Arabic, English)."If I had a nomination vote for the nobel prize he'd be in the running." Klaus Gerken, Ygdrasil editorWhen the father of the Benzimra family dies, he leaves a will informing his family of an illegitimate son he fathered with a Muslim woman in Morocco. To receive the inheritance, the family is instructed do everything possible to find that son. They embark on a journey to Tetouan, Morocco, from places as far-flung as Jerusalem, Madrid, New York and Paris. They are in search of their lost brother; a journey that will bring them face-to-face with their Moroccan roots and with their Judaism, a journey that will force them to think about their identities. After this experience they will no longer be the same. The novel reveals the Sephardi-Ashkenazi conflicts that exist in Israeli society as well as the ties and tensions between the Arab world and Europe, and between Middle Eastern and Western cultures. This is a world of complexities and nuances that are often blurred in the versions shown to you by the media.This is a novel about the little-known world of the Jews of Northern Morocco, full of intrigue, humor, and eroticism. But there is also the possibility of a homecoming.

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The New Sephardic Novel in Spanish is far more than an ethnic subgenre. It represents a vital and sophisticated contribution to world literature. By giving voice to the specific cadences, traumas, and triumphs of the Sephardic diaspora through the very language from which it was expelled five centuries ago, writers like Benarroch, Bendahan, Moscona, and Halfon perform a profound act of cultural reclamation and literary innovation. They explore universal themes of exile, memory, identity, and language loss through a uniquely resonant lens. Their novels are bridges - connecting past and present, Sepharad and its far-flung descendants, silence and testimony, Ladino and modern Spanish. In doing so, they ensure that the rich, complex, and often painful tapestry of the Sephardic experience continues to be woven into the narrative of our shared human condition. We are all, in some sense, echoes of migrations and memories we strive to understand."
Menashe Haish

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1671390717
• ISBN13: 9781671390713
• Release Date: December 2019
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 172 Pages
• Weight: 0.57 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"