by Mordecai Richler · Penguin Classics · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780143051466
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«The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz» is the novel by Mordecai Richler, published by Penguin Classics in paperback (384 pages, in English).
The novel follows Duddy Kravitz, an ambitious young man from an immigrant Jewish family in Montreal, determined to make his way and «be somebody» through jobs, tricks, and improvised schemes. Richler blends humor and satire to portray his conflicts with love, money, politics, and identity, in a human comedy with unforgettable characters.
Edition from the Penguin Modern Classics series, with an introduction by Ann-Marie Macdonald. Work originally published in 1959.
For readers of literary fiction and Canadian fiction, with an interest in social satire.
Mordecai Richler was a Canadian writer from Montreal, Quebec. He is best known for his novels set in Montreal's Jewish community; including The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz (1959) and Barney's Version (1997). His 1970 novel St. Urbain's Horseman and 1989 novel Solomon Gursky Was Here were nominated for the Booker Prize. He is also well known for the Jacob Two-Two fantasy series for children.
