Абрахам Мозес Клейн (1909–1972) — канадский поэт, писатель, журналист, юрист.
Назван «одним из величайших поэтов и ярким представителем еврейской культуры в Канаде». Леонард Коэн посвятил ему элегическую балладу «Наставник», а МордехайРихлер вывел его в романе «Здесь был Соломон Гурский» под именем Л. Б. Бергера.
В романе «Здесь был Соломон Гурски» (1989) канадского писателя, эссеиста, сценариста Мордехая Рихлера (1931 –2001) умница и алкоголик Мозес Бергер вот уже тридцать лет пишет одну биографию и не может ее завершить.
Слишком уж фантастичен герой его книги.
Человек-вулкан Соломон Гурски.
Вроде бы он давно погиб, но следы его повсюду. Заговор против Гитлера, смерть Мэрилин Монро, отставка Никсона, операция «Энтеббе» — Соломон Гурски тут как тут.
Мир романа «Здесь был Соломон Гурски» многопланов и широк.
Евреи, эскимосы, франко- и англоканадцы: история, современность, миф, личность, семья, нация — все сплетено в романе блестящего прозаика Мордехая Рихлера.
The novel tells of several generations of the fictional Gursky family, who are connected to several disparate events in the history of Canada, including the Franklin Expedition and rum-running. Some fans and critics have cited this as Mordecai Richler's best book, and in terms of scope and style it is unmatched by his other works. The parallels between the Gursky family and the Bronfmans are such that the novel "may be seen as a thinly disguised account of the [Bronfman] family".[1] While Richler himself denied any similarities, "one longtime Bronfman associate put it, 'I don't know why Mordecai bothered to change the names.'"[2]
Synopsis
The tale centres on Moses Berger, an alcoholic failed writer who is obsessed with Solomon Gursky, the brother of Bernard and Morrie and absent from the family empire after a fatal plane crash. It is implied that it is disappointment with his own father, the failed poet L.B. Berger, with whom Moses has a deeply dysfunctional relationship that put him on the trail of Solomon, a character as strong-willed as he was mysterious.Solomon Gursky is told in a non-linear fashion, jumping around in both Moses' personal timeline as well as through four generations of the legendary Gursky family. Though much of the story is told from Moses' perspective, parts are also told from the perspectives of different members of the family and the people attached to them, creating a much more ambiguous picture of the Gurskys.
