Oh Canada! Oh Quebec!: Requiem for a Divided Country
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| Rating | : | 4.72 (628 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0679412468 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 277 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-12-24 |
| Language | : | English |
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Requiem for a derided country SKB Greystone For anyone hoping to gain an understanding of the pre- (and now post-) millennial angst that often grips great swaths of our country at the mere mention of the terms 'distinct society' and 'sovereignty association', Richler's book is a solid and engaging read.If nothing else, Oh Canada! Oh Quebec! serves as a useful counterpoint to the tightly-held yet misguided notions of many indépendantistes regarding the terms on which sovereignty is to be negotiated between Canada and a new n. Yes, I liked it, too. My husband is an American of Canadian heritage, and we have spent a lot of time in Montreal. Of course, we've been interested in this language problem for many years; and I found Richler's book to be extremely informative because here in the Southwest, we are faced with the Spanish-English dilemma. Richler's wit and knowledge of his subject made the book extremely interesting. So what if it reeked of anti-simitism--he was just making a point about people who have values that they think s. "A defense of Richler's book" according to JDMilstead. As an American of Canadian descent, I found Richler's book to be a trenchant analysis of the problems the country faced with its separatist movement. I read the book a year or two after it came out in paperback, and I still recommend it to people who want to understand the divisions in Canada - whether they be English vs. Francophone, or Christian vs. Jew, a schism Richler knows well. If you have no stake or interest in what happens to Canada, perhaps it is indeed boring. But for those o
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc. . If the separatists win, it will be a sad day for Canada, he asserts in this scathing critique of the Francophone Quebecois nationalist movement. From Publishers Weekly Novelist-screenwriter Richler, a native of Montreal, predicts a mass exodus of English speakers if a majority of Quebecers opt for independence from Canada in an October 1992 referendum, creating a separate, debt-ridden, predominantly French-speaking nation. BOMC altenate. Far from being oppressed, he declares, the French-speaking Quebecers constitute a privileged, xenophobic group that promotes divisiveness and imposes absurdly restrictive laws designed to preserve French as the language of the workplace and public discourse. Recalling his upbringing in a working-class Jewish community, Richler charges that from its inception French-Canadian nationalism
A humorous look at Quebec's movement toward independence from Canada, remarking upon the Draconian language laws imposed on English-speaking Quebecois, the economic problems posed by the movement, and the troubles with blind nationalism.