Mordecai Richler : leaving St. Urbain / Reinhold Kramer.
Mordecai Richler : leaving St. Urbain / Reinhold Kramer.
By
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Kramer, Reinhold, 1959-
Publication Date
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2008
Publication Information
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Montreal, Que. : McGill-Queen's University Press,
Physical Description
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498 p. : ill., ports.
Subject Term
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Novelists, Canadian (English) -- 20th century -- Biography.
Jewish authors -- Canada -- Biography.
Bibliography Note
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [459]-483) and index.
Summary
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Mordecai Richler: Leaving St Urbain shows how Richler consistently mined his remarkable life for material for his novels. Beginning with the early clashes with his grandfather over Orthodox Judaism, and exposing the reasons behind his life-long quarrel with his mother, Kramer follows Richler as he flees to Ibiza and Paris, where he counted himself as one of the avant-garde who ushered in the 1960s. His successes abroad gave him the opportunity to remain in England and leave novel-writing behind — but he did neither. More than a biography, Mordecai Richler: Leaving St Urbain is the story of a Jewish culture finding its place within a larger stream, a literary culture moving into the colloquial, and a Canada torn between nationalism and cosmopolitanism.
Language
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English
ISBN
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9780773533554
Library | Collection | Collection | Call Number | Status |
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Corner Brook (WCB) | Adult Bio | Adult Biography | B R39K | Checked In |
St. John's - A.C. Hunter (SJH) | ADULT BIO - BASEMENT | Adult Biography - Basement | B R39K | Basement |