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Contents Acknowledgments - ix Preface - xiii PART ONE. THE LITERATURE OF EXILE AND IRAQI JEWISH WRITING Chapter 1. Exile, Literature, and Jewish Writers - 3 Chapter 2. The Jewish Community in Iraq - 15 Chapter 3. Jewish Writers of Modem Iraqi Fiction - 29 PART TWO. NARRATIVE WRITINGS OF THE IRAQI JEWS IN ISRAEL Chapter 4. The Choice of Language - 43 Chapter 5. The Experience of Transition: First Novels in Hebrew - 67 Chapter 6. Childhood in Iraq: Narratives in Arabic - 107 Chapter 7. Different Perspectives on Life in Iraq: Narratives in Hebrew - 129 Chapter 8. Conclusion - 151 Notes -157 Bibliography - 191 Index- 207 ...