The language of thieves : the story of Rotwelsch and one family's secret history
Puchner, Martin, 1969-2021
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Since the Middle Ages, vagrants and thieves in Central Europe have spoken Rotwelsch, a secret language influenced by Yiddish and written in rudimentary signs. When Martin Puchner inherited a family archive, it led him on a journey into this extraordinary language but also into his family's connections to the Nazi Party, for whom Rotwelsch held a particular significance. A riveting story of the mindset and milieu of Central Europe and of the way language can be used to evade oppression, 'The Language of Thieves' is also a deeply moving reckoning with a family's buried past.
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Author:
Puchner, Martin, 1969-, author
Imprint:
London : Granta, 2021.
Collation:
288 pages ; 22 cm
ISBN:
9781783786404 (hbk. :)
Language:
English
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BRN:
280326