Prakticheski u vsekh narodov sokhranilis legendy o velikanakh, gigantakh, ispolinakh i titanakh, naseljavshikh kogda-to nashu planetu. No chto esli oni ne pogibli v zemnykh kataklizmakh, a uleteli, i teper vernutsja i potrebujut svoju Zeshju obratno ? Novyj roman Eduarda Topolja rasskazyvaet imenno [...]
One doesn't have to be Jewish to recognize the words which have made their way into every fold of popular language: Chutzpah, Mensch, Tokhes, Mishmash, Nudge, Shtick, Schmaltzy, Schlep, Icky, and so on. Then there are phrases whose meaning and syntax are borrowed from Yiddish: "bite your tongue," "d[...]