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9780061131226
"Mr. Wex has perfect pitch. He always finds the precise word, the most vivid metaphor, for his juicy Yiddishisms, and he enjoys teasing out complexities.... [BORN TO KVETCH] is a thoughtful inquiry into the religious and cultural substrata of Yiddish, the underlying harmonic structure that allows the language to sing, usually in a mournful minor key."Michael Wex is the author of 'Born To Kvetch: Yiddish Language and Culture in All of Its Moods', published 2006 under ISBN 9780061131226 and ISBN 0061131229.
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