Fellow Jews: City Initiative

Montreal Gazette Dept: No matter. In the end, it will be a gazebo on Mount Royal that will bear the name of Mordecai Richler to commemorate the 10th anniversary of his passing on July 3, according to Montreal Gazette. Richler would have also been amused that 10 years after his death he remains as divisive a figure as ever. In many quarters, he is revered as one of the greatest writers to have ever emerged from this dominion. In other quarters, however, he is still reviled for his outspoken views on Quebec nationalism, particularly those that were published in the New Yorker. Truth is, Richler was as an equal-opportunity offender, and proud of it. He also heaped plenty of ridicule on anglos and enraged fellow Jews as well with depictions in his prose and rue Mordecai Richler had a nice ring to it. Same, too, for Biblioth que Mordecai Richler. Place Mordecai Richler, on the other hand, was a tad too pompous-sounding for the late, legendary and irascible novelist. What began as a city initiative almost a year ago to name something for Richler turned into somewhat of a soap opera, and one that would have no doubt amused the man and appealed to his sense of inner-city irony. As reported in the news.
@t mordecai richler, quebec nationalism