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Plot Summary. In his novel Barney’s Version (1997), Mordecai Richler uses layers of narrative to create an unreliable reality cloaked in a self-serving autobiography as an old man recounts his life while battling mental lapses and old age; his work is explicitly edited by his son, who may be introducing even more ambiguity into the narrative.
Plot summary. The story is written as if it is an autobiography by Barney Panofsky recounting his life in varying detail. Barney's version of events may be viewed as that of two unreliable narrators, in that his recollections are told from varying mental states and then posthumously edited by his son.
- Mordecai Richler
- 1997
Plot. Barney Panofsky is living with his best friend Boogie in Rome. He marries the mentally disturbed and unfaithful Clara Charnofsky after she tells him she is pregnant with his child. He finds out the child — delivered stillborn — is not his, and he demands they separate.
Jan 1, 1997 · Houdini-like, Barney slides from crisis to success, from lowlife to highlife in Montreal, Paris and London, his outrageous expolits culminating in the scandal he carries around like a humpback - the murder charge that he goes on denying to the end.
- (12.5K)
- Hardcover
Summaries. The picaresque and touching story of the politically incorrect, fully lived life of the impulsive, irascible and fearlessly blunt Barney Panofsky.
Barney’s Version is a novel by Canadian author Mordecai Richler, published in 1997. The novel follows the life of Barney Panofsky, a television producer and writer, as he reflects on his past relationships and experiences. The novel is divided into three parts, each representing a different stage in Barney’s life.
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Feb 18, 2011 · Barney's Version: Directed by Richard J. Lewis. With Paul Giamatti, Macha Grenon, Paul Gross, Atom Egoyan. The picaresque and touching story of the politically incorrect, fully lived life of the impulsive, irascible and fearlessly blunt Barney Panofsky.
