{"product_id":"yiddish-for-pirates","title":"Yiddish for Pirates","description":"\u003cp\u003eShortlisted for the Scotiabank Giller Prize and nominated for the Governor-Generals Award for Literature  a hilarious  swashbuckling yet powerful tale of pirates  buried treasure and a search for the Fountain of Youth  told in the ribald  philosophical voice of a 500-year-old Jewish parrot. Set in the years around 1492  Yiddish for Pirates recounts the compelling story of Moishe  a Bar Mitzvah boy who leaves home to join a ships crew  where he meets Aaron  the polyglot parrot who becomes his near-constant companion. From a present-day Florida nursing home  this wisecracking yet poetic bird guides us through a world of pirate ships  Yiddish jokes and treasure maps. But Inquisition Spain is a dangerous time to be Jewish and Moishe joins a band of hidden Jews trying to preserve some forbidden books. He falls in love with a young woman  Sarah; though they are separated by circumstance  Moishes wanderings are motivated as much by their connection as by his quest for loot and freedom. When all Jews are expelled from Spain  Moishe travels to the Caribbean with the ambitious Christopher Columbus  a self-made man who loves his creator. Moishe eventually becomes a pirate and seeks revenge on the Spanish while seeking the ultimate booty: the Fountain of Youth. This outstanding New Face of Fiction is filled with Jewish takes on classic pirate tales--fights  prison escapes  and exploits on the high seas--but its also a tender love story  between Moishe and Sarah  and between Aaron and his \"shoulder \" Moishe. Rich with puns  colourful language  post-colonial satire and Kabbalistic hijinks  Yiddish for Pirates is also a compelling examination of mortality  memory  identity and persecution from one of this countrys most talented writers.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44952239636533,"sku":"ByrdShop_0345815513","price":42.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780345815514.jpg?v=1770155470","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/yiddish-for-pirates","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}