Howard Jacobson Shylock is My Name : The Merchant of Venice, Retold Paperback Book

Shakespeares The Merchant of Venice is brilliantly reinvented by Howard Jacobson, in his merciless, sharp and funny story of revenge, justice and antisemitism. 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...Howard Jacobsons 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. Inspired...It does what any good literary subversion should do deepens and enhances ones appreciation of the original GuardianJacobsons prose has the sort of elastic precision you only get from a writer who is truly in command... Theres also deep and sincere soulsearching going on here IndependentSHAKESPEARE RETOLD Time travel. Zombies. Powerhungry media moguls. This is Shakespeare as youve never seen him before nine iconic plays transformed by the best novelists of our time, with covers by Michael CraigMartin. | Howard Jacobson Shylock is My Name : The Merchant of Venice, Retold Paperback Book