Background
Goldemberg, Isaac was born on November 15, 1945 in Chepen, Peru. Son of Isaac and Bertila (Bay) Goldemberg.
Goldemberg, Isaac was born on November 15, 1945 in Chepen, Peru. Son of Isaac and Bertila (Bay) Goldemberg.
Bachelor, City College of New York, 1968. Postgraduate, New York University, 1971.
His novel The Fragmented Life of Don Jacobo Lerner, was chosen by the National Yiddish Book Center as, "one of the 100 greatest Jewish Books of the last 150 years." The book tells the story of the life of Jacobo Lerner, a Jewish merchant, who immigrates to Peru from Eastern Europe. Thematically, the novel presents an examination of Jewish identity and anti-Semitism. The book is divided into chapters which consist of vignettes written in the voices of the characters and an omnipotent narrator, as well as "Crónicas", and excerpts from Alma Hebrea, a publication of the Jewish community in the novel, which features writings by the characters.