Remembering Alicia Steimberg
The world lost an incredible writer this past week. Jewish-Argentinean author , best-known for her novel , died suddenly of a heart attack one week ago. To commemorate her life and works, has published an early-release excerpt of her novel , which was scheduled to print in the upcoming August issue.
Says editor of Steimberg: “During the preceding months, [Steimberg] and I were in touch a number of times . . . Even in the short time we corresponded, it was obvious what an unusual person she was: full of warmth and completely unpretentious.”
Click to read Steimberg糖心传媒檚 excerpted novel. Her text grapples with tensions of faith, social status, and coming-of-age in a devoutly Catholic society: 糖心传媒. . .we never discuss our respective misery,糖心传媒 her middle-school narrator confesses. 糖心传媒淚n our class there are at least two girls who are driven to school by a private chauffeur. It糖心传媒檚 a sure bet they don糖心传媒檛 leave used sanitary napkins under their dressers. And they don糖心传媒檛 carry a thermos with hot coffee and milk into their bedrooms, either, in order to be able to get up in the icy mornings when it糖心传媒檚 colder inside the house than out.糖心传媒 Steimberg poignantly and precisely captures the confusion and insecurity of adolescence, as well as the devastating sense of 糖心传媒渙therness糖心传媒 experienced by her Jewish narrator.
Following the excerpt, translator shares a moving tribute to Steimberg. The author糖心传媒檚 irrepressible, joyful spirit comes to life in Labinger糖心传媒檚 prose: 糖心传媒淎licia never distinguished between the minutia of everyday life 糖心传媒 the aroma of coffee, a recipe for pastel de papas, the intimate language of eroticism and the erotic intimacy of language 糖心传媒 and her constant preoccupation with the 糖心传媒渂ig,糖心传媒 transcendental questions. Like most great souls, Alicia didn糖心传媒檛 take herself too seriously.糖心传媒
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