In this beguiling collection of short stories and memoirs, first published in 1969, Mordecai Richler looks back on his childhood in Montreal, recapturing the lively panorama of St. Urbain Street: the refugees from Europe with their unexpected sophistication and snobbery; the catastrophic day when there was an article about St. Urbain Street in Time; Tansky’s Cigar and Soda with its “beat-up brown phonebooth” used for “private calls”; and tips on sex from Duddy Kravitz.
Overflowing with humour, nostalgia, and wisdom, The Street is a brilliant introduction to Richler’s lifelong love-affair with St. Urbain Street and its inhabitants.
- ISBN10 0297993836
- ISBN13 9780297993834
- Publish Date 17 February 1972
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 17 October 2003
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint George Weidenfeld & Nicholson
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 128
- Language English