Shylock is My Name: The Merchant of Venice Retold (Hogarth Shakespeare) by Howar

Description: Shylock is My Name by Howard Jacobson A re-envisaging of Shakespeares The Merchant of Venice, from the Man Booker Prize-winner and our great chronicler of Jewish life. He writes like a dream Evening StandardThe funniest British novelist since Kingsley Amis or Tom Sharpe Mail on Sunday FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description A re-envisaging of Shakespeares The Merchant of Venice, from the Man Booker Prize-winner and our great chronicler of Jewish life.A re-envisaging of Shakespeares The Merchant of Venice, from the Man Booker Prize-winner and our great chronicler of Jewish life.Who is this guy, Dad? What is he doing here?With an absent wife and a daughter going off the rails, wealthy art collector and philanthropist Simon Strulovitch is in need of someone to talk to. So when he meets Shylock at a cemetery in Cheshires Golden Triangle, he invites him back to his house. Its the beginning of a remarkable friendship ...Jacobson is quite simply a master of comic precision. He writes like a dream Evening StandardThe funniest British novelist since Kingsley Amis or Tom Sharpe Mail on Sunday Notes Part of the Hogarth Shakespeare series, in which contemporary authors re-imagine some of the Bards greatest plays. Here, the Man Booker Prize winning author of The Finkler Question revisits The Merchant Of Venice, now set in Cheshires Golden Triangle. Confrontational, controversial and funny, it tackles anti-Semitism, history, Shakespeare, revenge and what it means to be a Jew in the modern world. Now in paperback. Author Biography Howard Jacobson has written seventeen novels and six works of non-fiction. He won the Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Award in 2000 for The Mighty Walzer and then again in 2013 for Zoo Time. In 2010 he won the Man Booker Prize for The Finkler Question; he was also shortlisted for the prize in 2014 for J. Review Inspired...It does what any good literary subversion should do: deepens and enhances ones appreciation of the original. -- James Lasdun * Guardian *Jacobsons writing is virtuoso. He is the master of shifting tones, from the satirical to the serious. His prose has the sort of elastic precision you only get from a writer who is truly in command … Theres also deep and sincere soul-searching going on here -- Lucasta Miller * Independent *A brilliant conceit… A powerful reimagining and reinvention of Shakespeares character. -- Adam Lively * The Sunday Times *Howard Jacobsons reworking of The Merchant of Venice is a sly success… Irascible, eloquent Shylock is a man transplanted from the play to today. -- Tim Martin * Daily Telegraph *Shylock is My Name has much to tell us about loss, identity and modern antisemitism ... Simons debates with Shylock, snapshots of a man haranguing his literary Creator, are the heart of this book, knowing and humane -- Kate Maltby * The Times * Promotional A re-envisaging of Shakespeares The Merchant of Venice, from the Man Booker Prize-winner and our great chronicler of Jewish life. Review Text Inspired...It does what any good literary subversion should do: deepens and enhances ones appreciation of the original. Review Quote Inspired...It does what any good literary subversion should do: deepens and enhances ones appreciation of the original. Promotional "Headline" A re-envisaging of Shakespeares The Merchant of Venice, from the Man Booker Prize-winner and our great chronicler of Jewish life. Details ISBN0099593289 Author Howard Jacobson Pages 288 Publisher Vintage Publishing Series Hogarth Shakespeare Year 2016 ISBN-10 0099593289 ISBN-13 9780099593287 Format Paperback Imprint Vintage Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom Media Book DEWEY 823.92 Subtitle The Merchant of Venice Retold (Hogarth Shakespeare) Short Title Shylock Is My Name Language English Series Number 2 Publication Date 2016-08-04 UK Release Date 2016-08-04 AU Release Date 2016-08-04 NZ Release Date 2016-08-04 Audience General Alternative 9781448191796 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:98921553;

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