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Ladataan... St. Urbain's Horseman (1971)Tekijä: Mordecai Richler
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Kirjaudu LibraryThingiin nähdäksesi, pidätkö tästä kirjasta vai et. Ei tämänhetkisiä Keskustelu-viestiketjuja tästä kirjasta. Although I got a good start on this novel by page 140 it was wearing thin. I decided to move on to a more entertaining read. ( ) Tralla-lì, tralla-lero. Si balla di nuovo, con queste vite sgangherate di ebrei canadesi, dove i dialoghi sono dialoghi e non giustapposizioni di frasi, dove le tappezzerie odorano di cibo, e sciami di scapestrate picoole canaglie fanno vite di strada invidiabili. Nota a pedale, la guerra aldilà dell'Oceano, la consapevolezza e l'alterigia della propria 'diversità', un sogno di vita ancora tutto da costruire. I'm giving this one four stars for its merits as a character-driven novel. Richler really buries us deep inside the head of Jake Hersh, an expat Canadian film director living in London, as he contemplates his life to date. When the story begins he is embroiled in a scandalous trial along with probably the scuzziest fellow I've read about in a while, and Jake looks back on everything that has happened to bring him to this point. A recurring figure in his thoughts is his cousin Joey, whom he dubs the "Horseman", avenging wrongs and living a life of derring-do, but whose exact whereabouts are unknown. As I mentioned, the character of Jake is very well realized. He reminded me a bit of Barney Panofsky from Barney's Version, perhaps because both characters are prompted to take stock of their lives because of allegations made against them, and both have near-mythical figures haunting them from their pasts. Both novels also feature frank depictions of sex and aging (the sex depictions were a little *too* frank for me, personally, but that is what speed-reading is for). However, the humour in this one is not as overt as in Barney's Version. It's still there of course, but Jake is not as gleefully vindictive as Barney is. Overall I would recommend this for people who like character-driven novels and those who have enjoyed previous works by Mordecai Richler, especially The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz. (Duddy does make several appearances, at one point prompting me to wonder whether I'd picked up the wrong book.) näyttää 5/5 ei arvosteluja | lisää arvostelu
Kuuluu näihin kustantajien sarjoihinNew Canadian Library (185) PalkinnotNotable Lists
St. Urbain's Horseman is a complex, moving, and wonderfully comic evocation of a generation consumed with guilt - guilt at not joining every battle, at not healing every wound. Thirty-seven-year-old Jake Hersh is a film director of modest success, a faithful husband, and a man in disgrace. His alter ego is his cousin Joey, a legend in their childhood neighbourhood in Montreal. Nazi-hunter, adventurer, and hero of the Spanish Civil War, Joey is the avenging horseman of Jake's impotent dreams. When Jake becomes embroiled in a scandalous trial in London, England, he puts his own unadventurous life on trial as well, finding it desperately wanting as he steadfastly longs for the Horseman's glorious return. Irreverent, deeply felt, as scathing in its critique of social mores as it is uproariously funny, St. Urbain's Horseman confirms Mordecai Richler's reputation as a pre-eminent observer of the hypocrisies and absurdities of modern life. Kirjastojen kuvailuja ei löytynyt. |
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