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Shifra Cornfeld

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The Things Left Unsaid in No Such Place

ByYardenne Greenspan January 26, 2023

the end of Shifra Cornfeld’s book, it is up to readers to come up with the missing pieces of the puzzle. Whether this silence is part of Cornfled’s practice of empathy or a silent indictment of her characters’ behavior, what is left unsaid speaks volumes.

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Critical Essays

Impending Trouble in “Aloha Cars” and “A Distant Episode”

ByYardenne Greenspan May 5, 2022

In Shifra Cornfeld’s “Aloha Cars” and Paul Bowles’s “A Distant Episode,” colonial fascination with a place and a culture leads each story’s protagonist to objectify and underestimate a place’s people, ultimately driving the protagonist to a downfall of their own making.

Shifra Cornfeld

The Things Left Unsaid in No Such Place

Impending Trouble in “Aloha Cars” and “A Distant Episode”

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