Multilingualism, Polycentrism and Exile in Angel Wagenstein’s Jewish-themed Works

In this paper, I present the work of Bulgarian scriptwriter and novelist Angel Wagenstein (b. 1922), with a specific focus on his triptych composed of the novels Isaac’s Torah (1998), Far from Toledo (2002) and Farewell, Shanghai (2004) and on the movie Stars (1959), all dealing with Jewish topics. Particular attention is paid to the analysis of the motif of the experience of the Jewish diaspora in the broader Eurasian space, with related issues of multiethnic coexistence and multicultural legacy, and to the author’s sensibility towards questions of minority communities’ inclusion and exclusion.