Two Jews on a Train: Stories from the Old Country and the New - Couverture rigide

Biro, Adam

 
9780226052144: Two Jews on a Train: Stories from the Old Country and the New
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 0226052141 ISBN 13 : 9780226052144
Editeur : University of Chicago Press, 2001

Synopsis

"Two Jews were traveling on a train. . . . " Many Eastern European jokes--and several of the charming and often hilarious conversations in this book--begin this way. From all regions of the world and from all walks of life, the characters are young and full of life and old and ugly; they are rabbis, matchmakers, students, and immigrants. They gossip and speak about everything from the banalities of the world to the unspeakable evils of existence all for a single purpose: to laugh and to celebrate the good luck of being alive.

As Biro recounts these tales, we hear not only his voice and the voice of his father, but those of generations of storytellers who have used humor to teach about the truly important issues in life--the delicacy of love, the fragility of friendship, the pitfalls of self-righteousness, the costs of narrow-mindedness, and the unpredictability of life itself. Biro artfully spins each story, lingering on the details, guiding the reader to the inevitable--yet always unexpected--punchline.

Taken individually, these stories will make you laugh out loud; taken as a whole, they form an invaluable record of the sensibilities of an entire people. Biro writes: "These Jewish stories of which not a single one happened to me, and of which I did not invent a single one, do describe me, do characterize me, do explain me. They are always my own story. And yours."

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À propos de l?auteur

Adam Biro was born in Budapest in 1941, but came to Paris at the age of fifteen. He founded the publishing house Editions Biro in 1987 and is the author of nine books.

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Éditeur
University of Chicago Press
Date d'édition
2001
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0226052141
ISBN 13 
9780226052144
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
144
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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ISBN 10 :  0226052168 ISBN 13 :  9780226052168
Editeur : University of Chicago Press, 2002
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