 The first edition of Oh Canada! Oh Quebec!: Requiem for a Divided Country | |
| Author | Mordecai Richler |
|---|---|
| Cover artist | Martin Gould (design), Hames Seeley (photograph) |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Non-fiction |
| Publisher | Penguin Books |
Publication date | 1992 |
| Publication place | Canada |
| Media type | Print (Paperback) |
| Pages | 277 (first edition, paperback) |
| ISBN | 0-14-016817-6 (first edition, paperback) |
| OCLC | 26256070 |
| Preceded by | Writers on World War II |
| Followed by | This Year in Jerusalem |
Oh Canada! Oh Quebec! Requiem for a Divided Country is a book by the Canadian novelist Mordecai Richler. Published in 1992, it parodied the evolution of language policy in Quebec, and spoofed the Canadian province of Quebec's language laws that restrict the use of the English language. The book, a best-seller, grew out of a long article published in a September 1991 issue of The New Yorker.
According to the book cover:
With a sure satirical eye, Richler takes a look at what he calls "the western world's goofiest and most unnecessary political crisis. English-speaking Quebecers endure Draconian language laws prohibiting English or bilingual signs in Montreal because they are seen as an affront to the city's visage linguistique.[1]
- ^ Oh Canada! Oh Quebec!: Requiem for a Divided Country, Penguin Books Canada, 1992.