Born to Kvetch: Yiddish Language and Culture in All Its Moods
by Wex, Michael
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0312307411
- ISBN 13
- 9780312307417
- Seller
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Toms River, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
New York: St. Martin's Press, 2005. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Hard cover in very good condition with black boards & gold gilt spine lettering. Text block clean & tight; no writing; no markings. 303 numbered pages. Concludes with a Glossary. Dust jacket very good with only ghost of shelf & edge wear. * From the front flap, ""As the main spoken language of the Jews for more than a thousand years, Yiddish has had plenty to lament, plenty to conceal. Its phrases, idioms, and expressions paint a comprehensive picture of the mind-set that enabled the Jews of Europe to survive a millennium of unrelenting persecution: they never stopped kvetching......Michael Wex gives us a moving and inspiring portrait of a people, and a language, in exile.""
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- Bookseller
- Elk Creek Heritage Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- M000254
- Title
- Born to Kvetch: Yiddish Language and Culture in All Its Moods
- Author
- Wex, Michael
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0312307411
- ISBN 13
- 9780312307417
- Publisher
- St. Martin's Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2005
- Keywords
- Judaica, Yiddish language, Yiddish language - History, Yiddish language - Social aspects, Yiddish wit and humor
- Bookseller catalogs
- Judaica;
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About the Seller
Elk Creek Heritage Books
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Toms River, New Jersey
About Elk Creek Heritage Books
Elk Creek Heritage Books opened for business in 2002 with both online selling and an open shop. We continue now as an online-only bookshop and maintain a growing inventory with new additions regularly uploaded. Our largest subject areas include History, Religion, Biography, and Fiction, however, we also carry books on many other subjects, in addition to our collection of rare and antiquarian books. Our goal is to provide you, our customer, with a completely satisfactory experience.
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