num_pages: 144
description: "Somewhere between Isaac Bashevis Singer and Morey Amsterdam."—Kirkus ReviewsTwo Jews were on a train: "All Eastern European Jewish jokes start this way, or almost," says Adam Biro, who has assembled this rich volume of such stories, tales in which—thanks to a masterful translation by Catherine Tihanyi—we can hear the voices of generations using humor to teach about the delicacy, anguish, and unpredictability of life itself.
language: English
title: Two Jews on a Train: Stories from the Old Country and the New
publisher: University of Chicago Press