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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 808
EAN: 9781440140167
Edition: Bilingual
ISBN: 1440140162
Label: iUniverse
Manufacturer: iUniverse
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 120
Publication Date: April 28, 2009
Publisher: iUniverse
Studio: iUniverse
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"A cute and charming addition to Yiddish folklore." -I.B. Singer,Nobel Prize, 1978 "Juicy, savory, spicy." -Henry MillerThe Yiddish sayings in this book have been praised by such world-acclaimed writers as Henry Miller and Isaac Bashevis Singer. They should equally delight all who can appreciate the coarse, wry humor of the turn-of-the-century European shtetl, which gave rise to so much of American humor as well. Some may be offended by their sexuality and lewdness, but they expose the basic humanity of a lost Jewish culture. For too long eydlkayt - refinement - has drawn a curtain over the smutty side of the shtetl. Enjoyable folklore, funny sayings you'll find yourself using in quite modern situations.
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Boring. And don't bother me anymore with this crap. I ordered. I paid. You can assume everything was satisfactory BECAUSE you did not hear from me. If anything DOES prove unsatisfactory, you will hear from me soon enough!!!
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It's funny, it has insight, it is sarcastic and above all, it is real! These little dirty jokes are as funny today as they were 150 yr ago and they are pronounced in a great language for humor: Yiddish, the language that condensed the best of German, Russian, Hebrew and Polish to become as expressive, powerfull, and rich as no other European language is. Each proverb is a diamond you would like to hold in a hand against the sun and enjoy the playfull sparkles and joyfull rays it emanates.
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