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Mordecai Richler (by Laszlo).
Inglourious Basterds, eh? Back where I come from, we used to call it St. Urbain’s Horseman.
Canadian legend, A.M. Klein. Klein was the first Jew in Canada to be published in English and also the first Jew to win the Governor General’s award in 1948. In his book The Street, Mordecai Richler recalls raising money as a child for Klein to go on the radio in support of the creation of Israel. His poetry inspired the likes of Irving Layton and Leonard Cohen, both great Canadian poets themselves.
Mordecai Richler outside his usual hangout, Wilensky’s.
“A place belongs forever to whoever claims it hardest, remembers it most obsessively, wrenches it from itself, shapes it, renders it, loves it so radically that he remakes it in his own image.”
-Joan Didion.
I think Mordecai Richler is an excellent example of this quote.
St. Urbain’s Horseman by Mordecai Richler.
(via aquabooks)
by Mordecai Richler
“I ran into Jane on Greene Avenue and we had a drink together in the Jockey Club. She’s going back to work,” Pauline said, biting back tears.
“Doing what? Poisoning wells? Snipping the balls off passing men and making them into necklaces? Tell me. I’m fascinated.”
“The copyright department. She worked there once and now they’re hiring her back.”
“Why should that upset you?”
“You should have seen her. She had just had her hair done. She was wearing a new outfit. Jane is more interesting than I am. She has more spirit.”
Joshua sat down on the bed and stroked her hair. “Jane has always been that stone in your shoe, and I wish I could get her out. Stop seeing her.”
“But we’ve known each other forever. We have fun when we’re together.”
“You do?” he asked, surprised.
“When you aren’t there, or other men, she’s different. Honestly. She makes me laugh.”
“I don’t understand women and relationships. I really don’t. But I don’t want her interfering in our lives.”
