| Two Jews on a Train: Stories from the Old Country and the New Contributor(s): Biro, Adam (Author), Tihanyi, Catherine (Translator) |
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ISBN: 0226052168 ISBN-13: 9780226052168 Publisher: University of Chicago Press OUR PRICE: $12.87 Product Type: Paperback Published: September 2002 Annotation: "Somewhere between Isaac Bashevis Singer and Morey Amsterdam."--"Kirkus Reviews" Two Jews were on a train: "All Eastern European Jewish jokes start this way, or almost," says Adam Biro, who has assembled this rich volume of such stories, tales in which--thanks to a masterful translation by Catherine Tihanyi--we can hear the voices of generations using humor to teach about the delicacy, anguish, and unpredictability of life itself. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Jewish - Fiction | Humorous - General |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Series: Stories from the Old Country and the New |
| Physical Information: 0.42" H x 5.56" W x 8.42" (0.43 lbs) 144 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Jewish - Ethnic Orientation - Jewish |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Contributor Bio(s): Biro, Adam: - 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. |