by Mordecai Richler · Adelphi · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788845915703
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«La versione di Barney» is the novel by Canadian writer Mordecai Richler, published by Adelphi in paperback (490 pages, in Italian).
Barney Panofsky, now elderly, writes his memoirs to defend himself against the accusations of his archenemy Terry McIver. The narrative covers his youth in the Jewish quarter of Montreal, his time in 1950s Paris, and his return to Canada, where his youthful ideas become popular sitcoms, while he evokes his three wives and his obsessions.
Winner of the Scotiabank Giller Prize in 1997, it belongs to the Fabula collection (no. 131) and features an Italian translation by Matteo Codignola.
Suitable for reading clubs and for those seeking a novel with humour and literary depth.
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.
