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  • Carvajal, Doreen.
     
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  • Carvajal, Doreen.
     
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  • Carvajal, Doreen -- Travel.
     
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  • Jews -- Spain -- Arcos de la Frontera.
     
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  • Crypto-Jews -- Spain -- Arcos de la Frontera.
     
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  • Marranos -- Spain -- Arcos de la Frontera.
     
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  • Inquisition -- Spain.
     
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  • Arcos de la Frontera (Spain) -- Description and travel.
     
     
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    The forgetting river : a modern tale of survival, identity, and the Inquisition / Doreen Carvajal.
    by Carvajal, Doreen.
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    Riverhead Books, 2012.
    Call #:305.8924 C331f
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  • Carvajal, Doreen -- Travel.
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  • Jews -- Spain -- Arcos de la Frontera.
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  • Crypto-Jews -- Spain -- Arcos de la Frontera.
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  • Marranos -- Spain -- Arcos de la Frontera.
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  • Inquisition -- Spain.
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  • Arcos de la Frontera (Spain) -- Description and travel.
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    9781594487392
    1594487391
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    304 p. ; 22 cm.
    Contents: 
    Ancient voices -- Living on the brink -- First impressions -- La crisis -- The quest -- The enchantment of fear -- A faithful Andalusian -- An unfaithful Catholic -- Sharp notes -- Clues in the blood -- Forbidden tastes -- Pruning the tree -- There is a season -- El call -- Saving voice -- Return to the Ottoman Empire -- A time to speak -- Decoding defiance -- Below the roses -- Synagogue de Notre Dame -- Between the voices -- River's end -- Cry of the stones -- Final card.
    Summary: 
    Traces the author's research into her family story after discovering that her ancestors were forced to renounce their Jewish faith in Inquisition-era Spain, describing her visit to the centuries-old Andalusian down of Arcos de la Frontera, where modern locals remain haunted by memories of past tragedies.
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