Yiddish for Pirates : : a Novel : Being an Account of Moishe the Captain, his Meshugeneh Life & the Astounding Adventures, his Sarah, the Horizon, Books & Treasure, as Told by Aaron, his African Grey
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"Vintage Canada edition, 2016"--Title page verso.
"Originally published in hardcover by Random House Canada, a division of Penguin Random House Canada Limited, in 2016"--Title page verso.
"Set in the years around 1492, 'Yiddish for Pirates' tells the story of Moishe, a young man who, enchanted by maps and seeking adventure, leaves the shtetl to join a ship's crews. There he meets Aaron, our ribald yet philosophical parrot narrator who becomes his near-constant companion. With a beakful of Yiddish jokes, this wisecracking bird guides us through a swashbuckling world of exploits on the high seas, from exploration and daring escapes to piracy, revenge and the ultimate search for the Fountain of Youth. A post-colonial satire filled with Kabbalistic hijinks, this is also a tender love story between Moishe and his true love, Sarah, and between Arron and his 'shoulder, ' Moishe."--Page 4 of cover.
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PUBLISHED
[Toronto] : Vintage Canada, 2016.
Year Published: 2016
Description: 340 pages ; 21 cm
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9780345815521
SUBJECTS
Pirates -- Fiction.
Treasure troves -- Fiction.
Fountain of youth (Legendary place) -- Fiction.
Parrots -- Fiction.
Action and adventure fiction.