Displaying 1 of 1 1989 Format: Book Author: Richler, Mordecai, 1931-2001. Title: The apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz / Mordecai Richler ; with an afterword by David Carpenter. Publisher, Date: Toronto : McClelland and Stewart, 1989, c1959. Description: 326 p. : 18 cm. Subjects: Jews -- Fiction. Canada -- Fiction. ISBN: 9780771099724 (pbk.) 077109972X (pbk.) Other Number: 796956781 System Availability: 5 Current Holds: 0 # Local items: 5 Control Number: 738473 Course Reserves: 0 # Local items in: 5 # System items in: 5 Place Request Please select and request a specific volume by clicking one of the icons in the 'Where is it?' section below. Add to My List Share Expand All | Collapse All Where is it? Summary The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz is the novel that established Mordecai Richler as one of the world's best comic writers. Growing up in the heart of Montreal's Jewish ghetto, Duddy Kravitz is obsessed with his grandfather's saying, "A man without land is nothing." In his relentless pursuit of property and his drive to become a somebody, he will wheel and deal, he will swindle and forge, he will even try making movies. And in spite of the setbacks he suffers, the sacrifices he must make along the way, Duddy never loses faith that his dream is worth the price he must pay. This blistering satire traces the eventful coming-of-age of a cynical dreamer. Amoral, inventive, ruthless, and scheming, Duddy Kravitz is one of the most magnetic anti-heroes in literature, a man who learns the hard way that dreams are never exactly what they seem, even when they do come true. From the Trade Paperback edition. Suggestions and more Map It First Chapter or Excerpt Large Cover Image Librarian's View Displaying 1 of 1
