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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.Product Identifiers
PublisherGranta Books
ISBN-139781783786404
eBay Product ID (ePID)3046637037
Product Key Features
Number of Pages288 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameThe Language of Thieves: the Story of Rotwelsch and One Family's Secret History
Publication Year2021
SubjectHistory
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaBiographies & True Stories
AuthorMartin Puchner
Dimensions
Item Height216 mm
Item Weight376 g
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
Title_AuthorMartin Puchner