Description
In post-revolutionary Spain, an expatriate Canadian painter named André settles in Valencia, hoping the distance will quiet the dark past he left behind in Montreal. As he drifts through the city’s nightlife—especially a bar that becomes a kind of refuge—André is forced to confront what he’s been avoiding: the moral cost of survival, the limits of escape, and the responsibility that follows every choice. Mordecai Richler’s early novel blends sharp observation with a restless, painterly sensibility, using André’s search for stability to examine disillusionment in a society whose political upheaval has left its ideals frayed. At its core, the book asks what it means to live without illusions—and whether any new ideals can be rebuilt when the old fabric has been torn apart.
Available Editions
paperback
Emblem Editions
Published Oct 11, 2016
224 pages
ISBN: 9780771073342
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First Published
1954
Language
eng
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