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Mordecai Richler (1931–2001)

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Novelist, journalist and screenwriter Mordecai Richler was born on January 27, 1931 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. He attended Sir George Williams College for two years. He lived in Paris, Spain and England, and while in England worked as a journalist and radio and television scriptwriter. His fourth näytä lisää novel, The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz (1959), was received with far more enthusiasm than previous efforts. He has written a number of screenplays (including Fun with Dick and Jane and the script for The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz). His awards include the Governor-General Awards, the Commonwealth Writer's Prize and the Ruth Schwartz Children's Book Award. (Bowker Author Biography) Mordecai Richler, the author of such distinguished novels as "The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz," "St. Urbain's Horseman," & "Solomon Gursky Was Here," was born in Montreal in 1931. He has won the Commonwealth Prize, the Paris Review Humour Prize, & was nominated for an Academy Award for his screenplay of "Duddy Kravitz." Over the years he has contributed to "Atlantic Monthly," "GQ," "Esquire," "Harper's," "The New York Review of Books," "The New York Times Book Review," & "The New Yorker" (which will publish a portion of "On Snooker"). Richler is married & has five children; he now divides his time between winters in London & seven months at a cottage on Lake Memphremagog in Quebec. (Publisher Provided) näytä vähemmän

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Barney's Version (1997) 1,817 kappaletta
The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz (1959) 1,363 kappaletta
Solomon Gursky Was Here (1989) 881 kappaletta
St. Urbain's Horseman (1971) 562 kappaletta
Joshua Then and Now (1980) 433 kappaletta
The Best of Modern Humor (1983) — Toimittaja — 291 kappaletta
Cocksure (1968) 276 kappaletta
Jacob Two-Two and the Dinosaur (1987) 259 kappaletta
Son of a Smaller Hero (1955) 155 kappaletta
The Street (1969) 151 kappaletta
Writers on World War II (1989) 150 kappaletta
This Year in Jerusalem (1994) 146 kappaletta
Jacob Two-Two's First Spy Case (1995) 145 kappaletta
The Incomparable Atuk (1963) 127 kappaletta
A Choice of Enemies (1957) 77 kappaletta
Broadsides: reviews & opinions (1990) 68 kappaletta
Dispatches from the Sporting Life (2002) 51 kappaletta
The Acrobats (1954) 37 kappaletta
Shovelling Trouble (1972) 25 kappaletta
Hunting Tigers Under Glass (1968) 24 kappaletta
Fun with Dick & Jane [1977 film] (1977) — Screenwriter — 21 kappaletta
Room at the Top [1959 film] (1959) — Screenwriter — 15 kappaletta
Canadian writing today (1970) — Toimittaja — 10 kappaletta
The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz [1974 film] — Screenwriter/Original novel — 7 kappaletta
Images of Spain (1977) — Tekijä — 4 kappaletta
Robertson Davies 2 kappaletta
Life at the Top [1965 film] — Screenwriter — 2 kappaletta
Mordecai (2011) 1 kappale
SURVIVRE ETC (LITT. ETR.) (2008) 1 kappale
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Associated Works

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The Oxford Book of Jewish Stories (1998) — Avustaja — 130 kappaletta
From Ink Lake: Canadian Stories (1990) — Avustaja — 126 kappaletta
The Oxford Book of Canadian Short Stories in English (1986) — Avustaja — 111 kappaletta
Great Canadian Short Stories (1971) — Avustaja — 53 kappaletta
Canadian Short Stories (1960) — Avustaja — 44 kappaletta
Barney's Version [2010 film] (2011) — Original novel — 33 kappaletta
One World of Literature (1992) — Avustaja — 24 kappaletta
The Best American Short Stories 1963 (1963) — Avustaja — 19 kappaletta
New American Review #4 (1968) 14 kappaletta
Sixteen by twelve;: Short stories by Canadian writers (1970) — Avustaja — 7 kappaletta

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A generally likeable main character with a jarring narrative switching between past and now( then and now) makes for an enjoyable read.
 
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charlie68 | 5 muuta kirja-arvostelua | Mar 16, 2024 |
 
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AnkaraLibrary | 2 muuta kirja-arvostelua | Feb 23, 2024 |
Barney Panofsky inizia a raccontarci la sua vita per difendersi da una serie di accuse lanciategli tramite il romanzo di quell’insopportabile di McIver. Solo che la vita di Barney è stata ed è un gran casino e Barney stesso fa fatica a uscire dal personaggio cialtrone che gli è stato cucito addosso: leggendo le sue stesse parole, non è difficile comprendere perché le persone credano al ritratto fattogli da McIver.

Barney è il tipo di persona che viene facile disprezzare: partito con l’idea di fare grandi cose, ha finito per perdersi nella mediocrità, nel disinteresse per le esigenze altrui e nel crogiolo delle storie che non sono finite come avrebbe voluto. Le prime pagine del romanzo non ci fanno per niente tifare per lui, almeno fino a quando non mettiamo insieme abbastanza elementi da vedere la sua vita per quello che è: il tentativo di non uscirne troppo male.

Barney pensa di avercela davvero messa tutta per fare qualcosa di buono: solo che un sacco di imprevisti si sono messi in mezzo, sbarrandogli il passo, facendolo inciampare, facendolo finire in vicoli ciechi e alla fine sai che c’è? Bisogna pur campare in qualche modo. E se un mediocre qualunque come McIver finisce per accusarti di aver assassinato il tuo migliore amico, l’unico della compagnia ad avere davvero il talento per rimanere nella storia, ma che se lo è perso nella dipendenza da droghe, be’, bisogna far qualcosa, no?

E allora Barney finisce per mostrarci che sotto quella cialtronaggine, quella sfacciataggine, c’è un lato tenero piuttosto malconcio dopo tutte le batoste della vita. Sta ancora lì, a cercare di mettere una pezza qua e una pezza là, ma resiste e si strugge per tutto quello che poteva essere.
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lasiepedimore | 38 muuta kirja-arvostelua | Jan 12, 2024 |
D (Bad).

A formerly wealthy couple try to keep up appearances. I gave up after 30 minutes. I tell myself I'll give any movie 30 minutes before noping out, but this was a painful 30 minutes to get through.

(Dec. 2023)
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comfypants | Dec 30, 2023 |

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