Nothing the Same, Everything Haunted: The Ballad of Motl the Cowboy

by Gary Barwin

Book Overview

A middle-aged Jewish man who fantasizes about being a cowboy goes on an eccentric quest across Europe after the 1941 Nazi invasion of Lithuania in this wild and witty yet heartrending novel from the bestselling author of Yiddish for Pirates, shortlisted for the Scotiabank Giller Prize.

Motl is middle-aged, poor, nerdy, Jewish and in desperate need of a shave. Since having his balls shot cleanly off as a youth in WWI, he's lived...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0735279527
• ISBN13: 9780735279520
• Release Date: March 2021
• Publisher: Random House Canada
• Length: 344 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.3" x 9.4"