The Last Happy Family
Marcelo Birmajer
1997
The rabbi Nefret Yehudá is reading the Aramaic nonstop.
I have arrived at his temple, next to the devastation, as if to a mountain of salvation.
Only here have I been able to sleep. Nefret has been reading the text now for over five hours.
I drop off and, as soon as I awaken, he starts making commentaries.
First he tells me:
“The metal is extremely…
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