{"product_id":"son-of-a-smaller-hero-isbn-9780771073373","title":"Son of a Smaller Hero","description":"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 \u003ci\u003egoyim\u003c\/i\u003e. 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. \u003ci\u003eSon of a Smaller Hero\u003c\/i\u003e is a compassionate, penetrating  account of the nature of belonging, told with the savage realism for which Mordecai  Richler’s fiction is celebrated.“Mordecai Richler has proven beyond all doubt that he ranks with \u003cbr\u003e this century’s  best novelists.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e—Edmonton Journal\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Richler possesses a powerful and fecund imagination.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e—Hamilton Spectator\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “He is a gifted stylist, with a great ear for parody  and comic dialogue.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e—New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Richler is a comic writer who  sprays his personality on his fiction like a tomcat.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e—The Times\u003c\/i\u003e (U.K.)Mordecai Richler was born in Montreal, Quebec, in 1931. Raised there in the working-class Jewish neighbourhood around St. Urbain Street, he attended Sir George Williams College (now a part of Concordia University). In 1951 he left Canada for Europe, settling in London, England, in 1954. Eighteen years later, he moved back to Montreal.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNovelist and journalist, screenwriter and editor, Richler, one of our most acclaimed writers, spent much of his career chronicling, celebrating, and criticizing the Montreal and the Canada of his youth. Whether the settings of his fiction are St. Urbain Street or European capitals, his major characters never forsake the Montreal world that shaped them. His most frequent voice is that of the satirist, rendering an honest account of his times with care and humour.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRichler’s many honours include the Giller Prize, two Governor General’s Awards, and innumerable other awards for fiction, journalism, and screenwriting. He died in Montreal in 2001.","brand":"McClelland \u0026 Stewart","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46302779834597,"sku":"NP9780771073373","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780771073373.jpg?v=1767736947","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/son-of-a-smaller-hero-isbn-9780771073373","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}