Young Noah Adler, passionate, ruthlessly idealistic, is the prodigal son of Montreal' s Jewish ghetto. Finding tradition in league with self-delusion, he attempts to shatter the ghetto's illusory walls by entering the foreign territory of the goyim . But here, freedom and self-determination continue to elude him. Eventually, Noah comes to recognize "justice and safety and a kind of felicity" in a world he cannot--entirely--leave behind. Richler's superb account of Noah's struggle to scale the walls of the ghetto overflows ...
Read More
Young Noah Adler, passionate, ruthlessly idealistic, is the prodigal son of Montreal' s Jewish ghetto. Finding tradition in league with self-delusion, he attempts to shatter the ghetto's illusory walls by entering the foreign territory of the goyim . But here, freedom and self-determination continue to elude him. Eventually, Noah comes to recognize "justice and safety and a kind of felicity" in a world he cannot--entirely--leave behind. Richler's superb account of Noah's struggle to scale the walls of the ghetto overflows with rich comic satire. Son of a Smaller Hero is a compassionate, penetrating account of the nature of belonging, told with the savage realism for which Mordecai Richler's fiction is celebrated.
Read Less
Add this copy of Son of a Smaller Hero Format: Paperback to cart. $13.69, new condition, Sold by indoo rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Avenel, NJ, UNITED STATES, published 2017 by Emblem Editions.
Add this copy of Son of a Smaller Hero: Penguin Modern Classics Edition to cart. $39.23, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2017 by Emblem Editions.
Add this copy of Son of a Smaller Hero: Penguin Modern Classics Edition to cart. $69.97, new condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2017 by Emblem Editions.
