Son of a Smaller Hero - Brossura

Richler, Mordecai

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0771073372 ISBN 13: 9780771073373

Casa editrice: Emblem Editions, 2017

Riassunto

Young Noah Adler, passionate, ruthlessly idealistic, is the prodigal son of Montreal’s Jewish ghetto. Finding tradition in league with self-delusion, he attempts to shatter the ghetto’s illusory walls by entering the foreign territory of the goyim. But here, freedom and self-determination continue to elude him. Eventually, Noah comes to recognize “justice and safety and a kind of felicity” in a world he cannot – entirely – leave behind. Richler’s superb account of Noah’s struggle to scale the walls of the ghetto overflows with rich comic satire. Son of a Smaller Hero is a compassionate, penetrating account of the nature of belonging, told with the savage realism for which Mordecai Richler’s fiction is celebrated.

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Recensione:

“Mordecai Richler has proven beyond all doubt that he ranks with
this century’s best novelists.”
–Edmonton Journal

“Richler possesses a powerful and fecund imagination. . . .”
–Hamilton Spectator

“He is a gifted stylist, with a great ear for parody and comic dialogue...”
–New York Times Book Review

“Richler is a comic writer who sprays his personality on his fiction like a tomcat.”
–The Times (U.K.)

L'autore:

Mordecai Richler was born in 1931 and raised in the working-class Jewish neighbourhood around St. Urbain Street, attending Sir George Williams College (now a part of Concordia University). As a novelist, journalist, screenwriter, and editor, Richler spent much of his career chronicling, celebrating, and criticizing the Montreal and the Canada of his youth. Whether the settings of his fiction are St. Urbain Street or European capitals, his major characters never forsake the Montreal world that shaped them. His most frequent voice is that of the satirist, rendering an honest account of his times with care and humour.

Richler's many honours include the Giller Prize, two Governor General's Awards, and innumerable other awards for fiction, journalism, and screenwriting.

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• Editore: Emblem Editions
• Data di pubblicazione: 2017
• ISBN 10: 0771073372
• ISBN 13: 9780771073373
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 201