St. Urbain's Horseman
A Canadian Literature, Cultural, Literature book. lover's of literature with a good sense of humour
Long considered one of Mordecai Richler’s most beloved and acclaimed novels, St. Urbain’s Horseman has now been adapted into a high-profile two-part CBC drama. The attention this star-studded and heavily promoted mini-series will receive will renew interest in the book among Richler fans and introduce many new readers to this modern classic, now available in this attractive tie-in edition.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...
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- Pages: 504 pages
- ISBN: 9780771075193 / 771075197
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So I just recently watched the film version of Richler's "Barney's Version", and having finished "Horseman" I feel that it would be equally ill-advised to translate this work to the screen. There's just too much going on. On the one hand you have funny dialogue - I'm sure Dustin Hoffman, having wrapped his tongue around "briskets and... lover's of literature with a good sense of humour It's certainly the most savage of the Richler novels I've read...a mega-mix of his dark/serious side with his irreverent/love of pastiche side. I think it's too sprawling for its own good, but the novel's ambition still produces some amazing passages & prose. I'm not entirely satisfied, but certainly impressed.
