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Mordecai Richler's Solomon Gursky Was Here
When Mordecai Richler left Canada for Paris, he was a brooding young intellectual with lots to say. He returned a prolific, respected writer with a keen eye for the absurd and the magnetism to charm or anger just about all of his contemporaries. From Montreal's Jewish ghetto to Quebec nationalism to boring Anglophones to hypocritical politicians – the incomparable Richler commented, questioned, laughed and angered.
Program: The Journal
Broadcast Date: Nov. 17, 1989
Guest(s): Mordecai Richler
Reporter: Rex Murphy
Duration: 9:01
Last updated: May 6, 2013
Page consulted on May 6, 2013
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"In Canada, nobody is ever overthrown because nobody gives a damn," sa...
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Mordecai Richler and Robert Fulford discuss the Canadian literary scen...
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Richler talks about being an outsider within the Jewish community.
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In a compelling new book, Richler examines his familial roots.
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