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Shylock Is My Name - The Merchant Of Venice Retold

by Howard Jacobson
Shylock Is My Name - The Merchant Of Venice Retold - Thryft
Shylock Is My Name - The Merchant Of Venice Retold - Thryft

Father, daughter, and Shylock's remarkable friendship.

"Shylock Is My Name" would be an excellent read for fans of modern retellings of classic plays and those interested in exploring the complexities of modern Jewish identity. Jacobson uses his exceptional wit to breathe new life into Shakespeare's famous, yet controversial, character and examine issues of fatherhood, friendship, and mercy in a thought-provoking way.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

Shylock Is My Name - The Merchant Of Venice Retold

by Howard Jacobson
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ISBN: 9780701188993
Authors: Howard Jacobson
Publisher: The Hogarth Press Ltd
Date of Publication: 2016-01-01
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Literary Fiction, Contemporary
Related Topics: Literature, Classics
Goodreads rating: 3.17
(rated by 2245 readers)

Description

‘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 someone to talk to. So when he meets Shylock at a cemetery in Cheshire’s Golden Triangle, he invites him back to his house. It’s the beginning of a remarkable friendship.Elsewhere in the Golden Triangle, the rich, manipulative Plurabelle (aka Anna Livia Plurabelle Cleopatra A Thing of Beauty is a Joy Forever Christine) is the face of her own TV series, existing in a bubble of plastic surgery and lavish parties. She shares prejudices and a barbed sense of humour with her loyal friend D’Anton, whose attempts to play Cupid involve Strulovitch’s daughter – and put a pound of flesh on the line.Howard Jacobson’s version of The Merchant of Venice bends time to its own advantage as it asks what it means to be a father, a Jew and a merciful human being in the modern world.
 

Father, daughter, and Shylock's remarkable friendship.

"Shylock Is My Name" would be an excellent read for fans of modern retellings of classic plays and those interested in exploring the complexities of modern Jewish identity. Jacobson uses his exceptional wit to breathe new life into Shakespeare's famous, yet controversial, character and examine issues of fatherhood, friendship, and mercy in a thought-provoking way.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.