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- Author
- Mordecai Richler
- First published
- 1989
- Pages
- 557
- Publisher
- Chatto & Windus, Calmann-Lévy, New Canadian Library
- Editions
- 17
- Language
- German, French, English
- ISBN
- 9782764643747
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Mordecai Richler was a Canadian writer. His best known works are *The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz* (1959) and *Barney's Version* (1997). He is also well known for the Jacob Two-Two fantasy series for children. In addition to his fiction, Richler wrote numerous essays about the Jewish community in Canada, and about Canadian and Quebec nationalism. Richler's *Oh Canada! Oh Quebec!* (1992), a collection of essays about nationalism and anti-Semitism, generated considerable controversy. *-- Wikipedia*
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