MordechaiRihler(1931 - 2001)- one of theworld's most famousCanadianwriters.Hisbook -"Who isyour enemy," "Street," "Barney'sVersion" -are popularin Russia.The life ofJakeHersh, a youngCanadian,who had goneto England tobecome a director,seems to bewellformed, heclaimed,the well-being, ita wonderful family.ButJake'schildhoodis haunted byadream- the dream ofa JewishDiasporaafter the horrors ofthe Holocaust,after themassacreand humiliation-find theavenger(JakeRidercalls himtothe Rue Saint-Urban), whowill pay backall theanti-Semites,and most important -Mengele,Dr.Death.The search forthe avengerreduceJakewith criminaltypes, because of whathe hadbecause ofridiculousaccidentsfall under thecourt.Thanks to thefusion ofsubtle lyricism,sparkling humor andbiting sarcasm, manycritics consider"The Horsemanon the streetof St.Urban," the bestnovelof the writer.
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