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Country Canada Publication date 1955 Pages 208 pages Originally published 1955 Genre Novel Publisher André Deutsch | 3.5/5 Goodreads Language English Media type Print Preceded by The Acrobats Followed by A Choice of Enemies | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Mordecai Richler books A Choice of Enemies, Joshua Then and Now, St Urbain's Horseman, Cocksure, The Incomparable Atuk | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Son of a Smaller Hero is a novel by Canadian author Mordecai Richler, first published in 1955 by André Deutsch. One of Richler's earliest works, it displays an earnest and gritty realism in comparison to his somewhat more satirical later novels. It is sometimes assigned reading for high school English classes in Canada.
Plot and setting
The novel is set in Montreal, Canada. The story centres on the working-class Jewish neighborhood on Saint Dominique Street, which stands in for Saint Urbain Street, the historical locale Richler would visit by name in subsequent writings. The protagonist is Noah Adler, a young and driven idealist who rebels against the entrenched cultural and social divides in the city.
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