by Mordecai Richler · Sexto Piso Editorial · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788496867789
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«La versión de Barney» is the novel by Mordecai Richler, published by Sexto Piso Editorial in paperback (580 pages, in Spanish).
At 67, Barney Panofsky writes his memoirs to defend himself against the slander of his archenemy, the writer Terry McIver, and the suspicion of having murdered his best friend from youth, Boogie. Amid cigars, whisky and his obsession with ice hockey, he recalls his bohemian days in Paris, his success in Montreal with a television production company and his three failed marriages, tormented by having lost his true love, Miriam. The narrative exudes a sharp humour that lets him mock everything, especially himself.
Included in the Narrativa Sexto Piso collection, it is the Spanish translation of «Barney's Version» (1997), winner of the Giller Prize and the Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal.
For readers of literary fiction with corrosive humour and unforgettable character portraits, interested in contemporary Canadian narrative.
Mordecai Richler was a Canadian writer from Montreal, Quebec. He is best known for his novels set in Montreal's Jewish community; including The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz (1959) and Barney's Version (1997). His 1970 novel St. Urbain's Horseman and 1989 novel Solomon Gursky Was Here were nominated for the Booker Prize. He is also well known for the Jacob Two-Two fantasy series for children.
