{"product_id":"book-c8du","title":"Born To Kvetch","description":"\u003cp\u003eAs 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eBorn to Kvetch\u003c\/em\u003e, 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. \u003cem\u003eBorn to Kvetch\u003c\/em\u003e includes a wealth of material that's never appeared in English before.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is no \u003cem\u003ebobe mayse\u003c\/em\u003e (cock-and-bull story) from a \u003cem\u003ekhokhem be-layle\u003c\/em\u003e (idiot, literally a \"\"sage at night\"\" when no one's looking), but a serious yet fun and funny look at a language. From \u003cem\u003etukhes to goy, meshugener to kvetch,\u003c\/em\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49345900675376,"sku":"BDc8du","price":25.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio CD","offer_id":49345900708144,"sku":"ZEc8du","price":49.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio MP3-CD","offer_id":49345900740912,"sku":"ZMc8du","price":45.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio CD [10]","offer_id":49345900773680,"sku":"10c8du","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"Audio CD [40]","offer_id":49345900806448,"sku":"40c8du","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/c8du-cover.jpg?v=1768523908","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-c8du","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}