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La última actriz

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Un fascinante viaje al esplendor y decadencia de la Argentina de los años 50 tras los pasos del desaparecido teatro ídish.
Although her dream had always been to become an actress, Sabrina ended up studying Fine Arts. Encouraged by Gabriel, her thesis advisor and lover, she decided to investigate the traces of Jewish theater in Argentina, which experienced its golden age from the 1930s to the 1950s and transformed the country into a global cultural hub. Her first step was to speak with Jaim, an elderly professor who suggested she examine the remaining archives of the AMIA (Argentine Israelite Mutual Association), the insurance company that suffered a terrorist attack in 1994 in which 85 people died and 300 were injured. "It was at that moment that I decided I was going to dedicate myself to that past. It wasn't that that world appealed to me, no more than any other world: what drew me in was that it had disappeared." The investigation proved to be much more complicated than it seemed because most of the documents were destroyed in the bombing. Then a collector offered her a box, and there she discovered the diary of Jana, a Yiddish theater actress in mid-century Buenos Aires. His figure is a kind of magic mirror for Sabrina. Following in his footsteps becomes an obsession, and everything else—her family, her academic career, her relationship with Gabriel—takes a back seat.
PUBLISHER
RELEASE DATE
January 8, 2026
ISBN
9788432249198
PAGES
200 p. ; 23,0 x 13,3 cm.
BINDING
Paperback
SERIES
Biblioteca Breve