Häftad, Engelska, 2006
243 kr
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12 produkter
12 produkter
- LjudbokEngelska, 2006
359 kr
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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 and expressions paint a comprehensive picture of the mind-set that enabled the Jews of Europe to survive persecution: they never stopped kvetching about God, gentiles, children, and everything else.
In Born to Kvetch, Michael Wex looks at the ingredients that went into this buffet of disenchantment and examines how they were mixed together to produce an almost limitless supply of striking idioms and withering curses. Born to Kvetch includes a wealth of material that''s never appeared in English before.
This is no bobe mayse (cock-and-bull story) from a khokhem be-layle (idiot, literally a ""sage at night"" when no one''s looking), but a serious yet fun and funny look at a language. From tukhes to goy, meshugener to kvetch, Yiddish words have permeated and transformed English as well. Through the fascinating history of this kvetch-full tongue, Michael Wex gives us a moving and inspiring portrait of a people, and a language, in exile.
- Häftad, Engelska, 2007
250 kr
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- Häftad, Jiddisch, 2008
232 kr
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- Häftad, Engelska, 2010
225 kr
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- Häftad, Engelska, 2015
316 kr
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- E-bokEngelska, 2009
91 kr
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Sure to resonate with Jewish and Gentile readers alike, How to Be a Mentsh (and Not a Shmuck) is a wise and witty self-help manual for pursuing happiness while still acting with integrity, honor, and compassion. Michael Wex, New York Times bestselling author of Born to Kvetch and Just Say Nu, draws on sources that range from the Talmud and Yiddish proverbs to contemporary music and movies in this insightful guide that explores not only human nature and psychology but our duties to ourselves and one another. - E-bokEngelska, 2014
144 kr
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For Jews, kvetching is a way of understanding the world. It is rooted, like so much of Jewish culture, in the Bible where the Israelites grumble endlessly. They complain about their problems, and complain as much about the solutions. They kvetch in Egypt and they kvetch in the desert; no matter what God does, it''s wrong. In Yiddish Jews found the perfect language for their complaints. In kvetching they made complaining into an art form.Yiddish was the main spoken language for Jews for over a thousand years and its phrases, idioms and expressions paint a comprehensive picture of the psychology that helped the Jews of Europe to survive unrelenting persecution. In Born to Kvetch Michael Wex looks into the origins of this surplus of disenchantment, and examines how it helped to create the abundance of striking idioms and curses in Yiddish. Michael Wex takes a serious but funny look at the language that has shaped and was shaped by those who spoke it. Featuring chapters on the Yiddish relationship to food, nature, God, death and even sex, he allows his scholarship and wit to roam freely from Sholem Aleichem to Chaucer and Elvis Presley. A treasure trove of linguistics, sociology, history and folklore -- an inspiring portrait of a people, and a language, in exile. - E-bokEngelska, 2010
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Thomas Mann meets Mordecai Richler in this outstanding novel of great intellect and humour that already reads like a classic.The Frumkiss family doesn''t look much different from any of the others in Toronto''s Bathurst Manor. Grandpa survived the Holocaust; Grandma the Second came from Poland at the age of five. Dad''s a foot doctor; Mom is dead, and her mother — Grandma Number One —died while giving birth to her in Kazakhstan. Her three kids — the oldest is forty-two — are as frustrated and directionless as most baby boomers with no real financial worries. One''s in Toronto, there''s one in the suburbs and the third lives in Israel. As far as the Frumkisses know, all that distinguishes them from anybody else is that Grandpa is a famous Yiddish writer who ended up working for the CBC. But Grandpa''s death sets off a chain of events that force the Frumkisses to see how different their family is from all the others.The Frumkiss Family Business, Michael Wex''s brilliant and hilarious new novel, is a family saga for the twenty-first century, a lovingly accurate portrait of middle-class Canadian life at the turn of the century and of the Toronto neighbourhood that has produced such famous Canadians as Howie Mandel and Wex himself. Imagine Thomas Mann''s Buddenbrooks without the stodgy Germans or The Brothers Karamazov with only one brother. Finally, a novel that does for Toronto what Mordecai Richler''s books did for Montreal.From the Hardcover edition. - Inbunden, Engelska, 2016
399 kr
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- LjudbokEngelska, 2007
285 kr
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Just say Nu is a practical guide to using Yiddish words and expressions in day-to-day situations. Along with enough grammar to enable readers to put together a comprehensible sentence and avoid embarrassing mistakes, Wex also explains the five most useful Yiddish words–shoyn, nu, epes, takeh, and nebakh–what they mean, how and when to use them, and how they can be used to conduct an entire conversation without anybody ever suspecting that the reader doesn''t have the vaguest idea of what anyone is actually saying. Readers will learn how to shmooze their way through such activities as meeting and greeting; eating and drinking; praising and finding fault; maintaining personal hygiene; going to the doctor; driving; parenting; getting horoscopes; committing crimes; going to singles bars; having sex; talking politics, and talking trash. People have finally started to realize that there''s nothing in the world that can''t be improved by translating it into Yiddish. Just say Nu is the book that''s going to show them how.
- Inbunden, Engelska, 2030
370 kr
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From the author of the beloved New York Times bestseller Born to Kvetch comes an entertaining and informative look at the social history of Jewish food. Bagels, kosher hot dogs, pickles, deli sandwiches, and rye bread are just a few of the Jewish dishes that have become staples in American homes. Born to Nosh examines where these foods came from, how they have changed over time, the role certain dishes played in Jewish culture in Europe, and the role they play in Jewish and American food culture today.Novelist, professor, and comedy performer Michael Wex has an intimate knowledge of the Yiddish language and Jewish culture. Raised in a strictly kosher household, he spent many subsequent years eating everything but kosher food, and then started to crave the dishes he remembered from childhood. In Born to Nosh, he takes us on a fascinating and humorous journey across oceans and time, and examines how many of todays popular foods made their way from Europe to America. From chicken soup to cheesecake, Wex explores how and why Jewish food is sold, packaged, and perceived today. Born to Nosh is a delicious blend of sociology, history, religion, folklore, and humor that will satisfy food lovers everywhere.
