Yiddish: A Nation of Words - Softcover

Weinstein, Miriam

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0345447301 ISBN 13: 9780345447302

Verlag: Random House Publishing Group, 2002

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Book by Weinstein Miriam

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Críticas:

"[A] charming and highly readable history of the language . . . Weinstein succeeds in her efforts to recreate the sound of a world that is gone forever."
--The Washington Post

"[YIDDISH: A NATION OF WORDS] READS LIKE A FOLKTALE PEPPERED WITH PASSIONATE CHARACTERS."
--The Boston Globe

"Almost everyone knows a little [Yiddish], a word or two, a joke perhaps, but what do they really know of the history, the tragedies, and bitter controversies that characterized a language now on the U.N.'s endangered list, but once spoken by eleven million people. . . . Part of the problem has been the lack of a serious, yet accessible book to fill the gap between glib entertainments. . . . Weinstein's [book] aims to do that and her success . . . is substantial."
--Los Angeles Times

Reseña del editor:

A compelling history of Yiddish takes readers deep into Eastern Europe to explore the origins of this unique and enduring language and the people who speak it. Reprint.

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• Verlag: Random House Publishing Group
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0345447301
• ISBN 13: 9780345447302
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 336