Two Jews on a Train: Stories from the Old Country and the New Hardcover - 2001
by Adam Biro; Catherine Tihanyi (Translator)
A collection of charming and humorous tales from Eastern Europe and all over the world, "Two Jews on a Train" remembers generations of storytellers who have used humor to teach about the important issues in life.
From the rear cover
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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- Title Two Jews on a Train: Stories from the Old Country and the New
- Author Adam Biro; Catherine Tihanyi (Translator)
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition 1st American Ed
- Pages 144
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.
- Date 2001
- ISBN 9780226052144 / 0226052141
- Weight 0.76 lbs (0.34 kg)
- Dimensions 8.83 x 5.76 x 0.64 in (22.43 x 14.63 x 1.63 cm)
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Themes
- Ethnic Orientation: Jewish
- Religious Orientation: Jewish
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 00046718
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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Citations
- Booklist, 04/15/2001, Page 1532
- Kirkus Reviews, 04/15/2001, Page 541
- New Yorker (The), 05/14/2001, Page 108
- Publishers Weekly, 04/23/2001, Page 51
- Univ PR Books for Public Libry, 01/01/2002, Page 88
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