{"product_id":"two-jews-on-a-train-stories-from-the-old-country-and-the-new","title":"Two Jews on a Train: Stories from the Old Country and the New","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eTwo Jews on a Train: Stories from the Old Country and the New\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eAdam Biro\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9780226052144\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eUniversity of Chicago Press\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2001\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003eHardcover\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition: \u003c\/b\u003e1\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003e Excellent, unmarked copy with little wear and tight binding. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003eTwo Jews were traveling on a train. . . . Many Eastern European jokes--and several of the charming and often hilarious conversations in this book--begin this way. From all regions of the world and from all walks of life, the characters are young and full of life and old and ugly; they are rabbis, matchmakers, students, and immigrants. They gossip and speak about everything from the banalities of the world to the unspeakable evils of existence all for a single purpose: to laugh and to celebrate the good luck of being alive. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs Biro recounts these tales, we hear not only his voice and the voice of his father, but those of generations of storytellers who have used humor to teach about the truly important issues in life--the delicacy of love, the fragility of friendship, the pitfalls of self-righteousness, the costs of narrow-mindedness, and the unpredictability of life itself. Biro artfully spins each story, lingering on the details, guiding the reader to the inevitable--yet always unexpected--punchline. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTaken individually, these stories will make you laugh out loud; taken as a whole, they form an invaluable record of the sensibilities of an entire people. Biro writes: These Jewish stories of which not a single one happened to me, and of which I did not invent a single one, do describe me, do characterize me, do explain me. They are \u003ci\u003ealways\u003c\/i\u003e my own story. And yours.\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"University of Chicago Press","offers":[{"title":"Two Jews on a Train: Stories from the Old Country and the New | Adam Biro | Hardcover | 9780226052144 | Used: Like New | Fiction 1560162","offer_id":48311065116824,"sku":"1560162","price":7.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/71h0u6N235L.jpg?v=1773155725","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/two-jews-on-a-train-stories-from-the-old-country-and-the-new","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}