El Ultimo Judio - The Last Jew - Spanish Author:Noah Gordon, Maria Antonia Menini, Translator Note: This is a Spanish language edition. — El viaje iniciatico de un judio en la Espana de la Inquisicion. — "Solo delante de las casas abandonadas, Yonah se sent? a la sombra de un pl?tano. Traz? distra?damente cuatro puntos en la tierra: uno representaba a los cristianos viejos de Espa?a, otro a los moros y el tercero a los cristianos nuevos. E... more »l cuarto punto representaba a Yonah ben Helkias Toledano. Sab?a que no era un jud?o como su padre ni las generaciones que lo hab?an precedido. En lo m?s hondo de su coraz?n hubiera deseado ser como ellos, pero ya se hab?a convertido en otra cosa. Ahora su verdadera religi?n era la de ser un jud?o de simple supervivencia. Se hab?a dedicado a vivir en solitario y se hab?a mantenido siempre al margen de todo."
Alone in front of abandoned houses, Yonah sat in the shade of a banana tree. Distracted he drew four points on the ground: one stood for the Old Christians of Spain, another the Muslims and the third for New Christians. The fourth point represented himself, Yonah ben Helkias Toledano, a Spanish Jew whose brother and father were murdered in late 15th century Toledo. Deep in his heart he longed to be Jewish like them, but he had become forced to live a different existence. Now, his true religion has become one of survival, moving from place to place to avoid the dreaded Inquisition. He was always a solitary man and had always remained on society's periphery.« less