Yiddish - Language
Sun 28 Sep 2008
2008
September 2008
Sunday 28 September 2008
Sun 28 Sep, 2 pm. 1021 West Street, Amherst, 01002. Laura Sheppard-Brick, 413-256-4900. 6. National Yiddish Book Center - [email][events]
Sunday, September 28th - Talk Manseau’s new novel is the story of two lives which merge unexpectedly at the end of the 20th century: a nonagenarian Russian immigrant who is the last Yiddish poet in America; and his 21-year-old American translator, who learns Yiddish and passes as a Jew to win the love of a co-worker. 2 p.m Cost: $6