---Publishers Weekly

Michael Wex is a novelist, university teacher, translator, and performer (of stand-up and one-person shows). He has been hailed as “a Yiddish national treasure” and is one of the leading lights in the current revival of Yiddish. He lives and kvetches in Toronto.">
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Born to Kvetch 
Author: Michael Wex
Publisher: St. Martin's Press

Yiddish Language and Culture in All Its Moods

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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, 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---about God, gentiles, children, food, and everything (and anything) else. They even learned how to smile through their kvetching and express satisfaction in the form of complaint.

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. You’ll find information on the Yiddish relationship to food, nature, divinity, and humanity.

"...an earthy romp through the lingua franca of Jews, which has roots reaching back to the Hebrew Bible... Canadian professor, translator and performer Wex has an academic's breadth of knowledge... this treasure trove of linguistics, sociology, history and folklore offers a fascinating look at how, through the centuries, a unique and enduring language has reflected an equally unique and enduring culture.

---Publishers Weekly

Michael Wex is a novelist, university teacher, translator, and performer (of stand-up and one-person shows). He has been hailed as “a Yiddish national treasure” and is one of the leading lights in the current revival of Yiddish. He lives and kvetches in Toronto.
 
 
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