FromTheThreeStoogestoSeinfeld,BorntoKvetchisasmartandwittyportraitofYiddishanditsrelationshiptobothJewishcultureandAmericanlife.“AnearthyrompthroughthelinguafrancaofJews....Thistreasuretroveoflinguistics,sociology,historyandfolkloreoffersafascinatinglookathow,throughthecenturies,auniqueandenduringlanguagehasreflectedanequallyuniqueandenduringculture.“--PublishersWeekly,starredreviewThemainspokenlanguageoftheJewsformorethan1,000years,Yiddishoffersacomprehensivepictureofthemind-setthatenabledthemtosurviveamillenniumofunrelentingpersecutionacrossEurope.Throughtheidioms,phrases,metaphors,andfascinatinghistoryofthiswonderfultongue,MichaelWexgivesusamovingandinspiringportraitofapeople,andalanguage,inexile.Fromtukhestogoy,meshugenertobobemayse(cok-and-bullstory),BorntoKvetchoffersawealthofmaterial,somethathasneverappearedinEnglishbefore,onallelementsofYiddishlife,includingfood,nature,divinity,humanity,andevensex.
