Two Jews on a Train Stories from the Old Country and the New

Name: Two Jews on a Train Stories from the Old Country and the New
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ISBN: 9780226052168

ISBN-10: 0226052168

ISBN-13: 9780226052168

Edition: 2002 (Reprint)

Authors: Adam Biro, Catherine Tihanyi

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Many Eastern European jokes begin 'Two Jews were travelling on a train', as do many of the conversations in this book. Adam Biro recounts tales in which we hear the voices of generations using humour to teach about the delicacy, anguish and unpredictability of life itself.

Book details

List price: $13.00
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 9/1/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 144
Size: 0.55" wide x 0.86" long x 0.04" tall
Weight: 0.440
Language: English

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.



Translator's Note and Acknowledgments


Introduction


The Deluge


Fish Head


Fate


At the Roths'The Traveling Salesman


The FoxThe Time of Day


The Good Catch


Open-Face Sandwich