Tag Archives: Mordecai Richler

poetry and pond games

The cultural ghetto to escape from or to remain in? Smaller ghettos within the vast metropolis. Finding the vastness of the universal within the small and comparatively isolated. Northrop Frye was known for his theory of the Canadian what he … Continue reading

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two state solution

There is a feedback loop at work here: Do we really want more separation from Canada, statehood, or does all this incessant chatter about it simply desensitize the issue into the realm of indifference and boredom? Or, in today’s consumerist … Continue reading

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The Saint Urbain Horesman: a small voice and sharp lance

Deeply flawed but compelling characters. Redeemable in ways that are hardly obvious, obscure and sometimes better left covered under the tarp. To many Canadians, Mordecai Richler is a perplexing figure; plainly put, he is often resented, and caricatured in  so … Continue reading

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uncomfortably numb: black comedy no ice

there is an uncomfortable sense of comfort to the film Barney’s Version, the Robert Lantos adaptation of  the Mordecai Richler novel.  There are the familiar devices of death, longing and memory but the ingenious Richler always managed to steer clear … Continue reading

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JUST KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR YELLOW SNOW

Canada… the true north…..Wikileaks….It must be something in the water, and Canadians don’t want Americans drinking it or sharing it … “A few acres of snow” – “Quelques arpents de neige”- is a quotation from Voltaire popularly understood to be … Continue reading

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