Author | : Mordecai Richler |
File Size | : 43,5 Mb |
Publisher | : New Canadian Library |
Language | : English |
Release Date | : 31 December 2010 |
ISBN | : 9781551995656 |
Pages | : 167 pages |
The Incomparable Atuk by Mordecai Richler Book PDF Summary
Transplanted to Toronto from his native Baffin Island, Atuk the poet is an unlikely overnight success. Eagerly adapting to a society steeped in pretension, bigotry, and greed, Atuk soon abandons the literary life in favour of more lucrative – and hazardous – schemes. Richler’s hilarious and devastating satire lampoons the self-deceptions of “the Canadian identity” and derides the hypocrisy of a nation that seeks cultural independence by slavishly pursuing the American dream.