Joshua Then and Now (New Canadian Library S.) - Softcover

Richler, Mordecai

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0771098642 ISBN 13: 9780771098642

Publisher: McClelland & Stewart Inc., 1991

Synopsis

Joshua Then and Now is about Joshua Shapiro today, and the Joshua he was. His father a boxer turned honest crook, his mother an erotic dancer whose greatest performance was at Joshua’s bar mitzvah, Joshua has overcome his inauspicious beginnings in the Jewish ghetto of Montreal to become a celebrated television writer and a successful journalist. But Joshua, now middle-aged, is not a happy man. Incapacitated by a freak accident, anguished by the disappearance of his WASP wife, and caught up in a sex scandal, Joshua is besieged by the press and tormented by the ghosts of his youth. Set in Montreal, the novel chronicles the rocky journey we all make between the countries of the past and the present. Raucous, opinionated, tender, Joshua Then and Now is a memorable excursion into Mordecai Richler's comic universe.

About this title

Synopsis:

Middle-aged Joshua Shapiro has overcome his inauspicious beginnings in Montreal's Jewish ghetto to become a celebrated television writer, yet, he is an unhappy man. Incapacitated by a freak accident, anguished by the disappearance of his wife, Joshua is tormented by the ghost of his youth.

About this edition

• Publisher: McClelland & Stewart Inc.
• Publication date: 1991
• ISBN 10: 0771098642
• ISBN 13: 9780771098642
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 442