by Mordecai Richler · Adelphi · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788845921001
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«L'apprendistato di Duddy Kravitz» is a novel by writer Mordecai Richler, published by Adelphi in paperback (350 pages, in Italian).
Duddy Kravitz grows up in Jewish Montreal in the 1940s, obsessed with his grandfather's idea: land gives a man value. To escape poverty, Duddy becomes a liar, a cheat and a womanizer, and his ambition takes him from the neighbourhood to the cinema. The novel is a satire on materialism, Jewish identity and the American dream.
Novel originally published in 1959 under the title «The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz». This Italian edition, translated by Massimo Birattari, belongs to the Fabula collection from Adelphi.
For readers of Canadian classics and stories about Jewish identity, personal ambition and social ascent.
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.
