Two Jews on a Train: Stories from the Old Country and the New

by Catherine Tihanyi (Translator), Adam Biro (Author), Catherine Tihanyi (Translator)

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  Paperback
  2002

  $19.29

  So two Jews were on a train. All Eastern European Jewish jokes start this way, or almost, says Adam Biro, who has masterfully assembled this rich volume of such stories, tales in which we hear the voices of generations using humor to teach about the delicacy, anguish, and unpredictability of life itself. Biro spins his stories artfully and patiently - Biro takes his time, says the Spectator's Jonathan Mirsky, a big plus in Jewish jokes - gently guiding the reader toward the inevitable, yet surprising, and often poignant punch line.