Oh Canada! Oh Quebec! : requiem for a divided country
by Mordecai Richler
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Humorous account of Quebec's language obsessed separatist movement.Tags
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While I have to admit that this book presents a biased point of view on the issue of the french language and seperation issues, it is not a bias I disagree with for the most part.
Richler is true to form as he gives a personal history of the Quebecois sense of disenfrancisment, combined with an examination of rascism embodied within the spirit of Quebec nationalism. His sarcasm and wit add to the flow of the book, but his ( perhaps justified ) attitudes regarding anti-semitism in Quebec tend to roll over the points he is trying to make.
Overall it was a very good read that was a testimony of the year it was written. It might be a little dated today but I well remember the feeling of growing up in that time period.
Richler is true to form as he gives a personal history of the Quebecois sense of disenfrancisment, combined with an examination of rascism embodied within the spirit of Quebec nationalism. His sarcasm and wit add to the flow of the book, but his ( perhaps justified ) attitudes regarding anti-semitism in Quebec tend to roll over the points he is trying to make.
Overall it was a very good read that was a testimony of the year it was written. It might be a little dated today but I well remember the feeling of growing up in that time period.
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Novelist, journalist and screenwriter Mordecai Richler was born on January 27, 1931 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. He attended Sir George Williams College for two years. He lived in Paris, Spain and England, and while in England worked as a journalist and radio and television scriptwriter. His fourth novel, The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz show more (1959), was received with far more enthusiasm than previous efforts. He has written a number of screenplays (including Fun with Dick and Jane and the script for The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz). His awards include the Governor-General Awards, the Commonwealth Writer's Prize and the Ruth Schwartz Children's Book Award. (Bowker Author Biography) Mordecai Richler, the author of such distinguished novels as "The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz," "St. Urbain's Horseman," & "Solomon Gursky Was Here," was born in Montreal in 1931. He has won the Commonwealth Prize, the Paris Review Humour Prize, & was nominated for an Academy Award for his screenplay of "Duddy Kravitz." Over the years he has contributed to "Atlantic Monthly," "GQ," "Esquire," "Harper's," "The New York Review of Books," "The New York Times Book Review," & "The New Yorker" (which will publish a portion of "On Snooker"). Richler is married & has five children; he now divides his time between winters in London & seven months at a cottage on Lake Memphremagog in Quebec. (Publisher Provided) show less
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- Canonical title
- Oh Canada! Oh Quebec! : requiem for a divided country
- Original title
- Oh Canada! Oh Quebec! : requiem for a divided country
- Original publication date
- 1992
- Important places
- Québec, Canada; Montréal, Québec, Canada
- Dedication
- For Daniel and Jill, Noah, Emma, Marfa, and Jacob
- First words
- Nineteen ninety.
- Original language
- English
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- 164
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- Reviews
- 1
- Rating
- (3.98)
- Languages
- English, French
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- ISBNs
- 6
