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Richler Story Originally Broadcast on the CBC
Produced by Esse W. Ljungh
Conductor Morris Surdin
This story revolves around a Jewish family during World War 2 who takes in boarders. The first boarder is Heir Banbinger, a refugee who's waiting for his family to arrive from the old country. After a number of other borders, Mervyn, a struggling writer rents the Spare room. Mrs. Hirsh is taken with Mervyn and helps him stay even though Mr. Hirsh is demanding the rent. Mr Hirsh reads reads the book, changes his mind about Mervyn and becomes more lenient with the rent. Mr. Hersh then takes Mervyn under his wing, gives him some fatherly advice and his counsel. ... Read more

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This is nonfiction commentary. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Novels by Mordecai Richler, the Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz, Jacob Two-Two, Barney's Version, Solomon Gursky Was Here, Oh Canada! Oh Quebec! Requiem for a Divided Country, Joshua Then and Now, Cocksure, the Incomparable Atuk, the Street. Source: Wikipedia. Free updates online. Not illustrated. Excerpt: The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz is the fourth novel by Canadian author Mordecai Richler. It was first published in 1959 by André Deutsch, then adapted to the screen 1974 as film The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz. The novel is set mostly in Montreal, during the 1940s. The city is old, dirty, crowded and divided into sections based on ethnicity and religion. There are poor districts, like St. Urbain Street, and there are wealthy districts, like Westmount and Outremont. Parts of the story also take place in the Laurentian mountains, in the resort town of Ste. Agathe and surrounding areas. The novel focuses on the young life of Duddy Kravitz, a poor Jewish boy raised in Montreal, Quebec. Family, friends, lovers and teachers all contribute to Duddy's burgeoning obsession with power and money desires embodied in the possession of land. As a child, Duddy's grandfather tells him 'a man without land is nobody', and Duddy comes to believe land ownership to be life's ultimate goal and the means by which a man is made into a somebody. Duddy begins to move towards this goal by working for his Uncle Benjy. Their relationship is strained; Uncle Benjy, a wealthy clothing manufacturer with socialist sympathies, has always favoured Duddy's brother Lennie, who wants to become a doctor. Uncle Benjy takes a dim view of Duddy's commercial ambitions, seeing them as avaricious and crass. During the summer after high school, Duddy takes a job as a waiter at a hotel...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=7012658 ... Read more

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Chapters: Mordecai Richler, Douglas Coupland, Paul Haggis, Jeff Green, Sarah Polley, Jason Reitman, Paul Gross, Paul Quarrington, Mark Askwith, Robert Lepage, Thom Fitzgerald, Mary Harron, Gordon Pinsent, Michael Mahonen, Nell Shipman, Denys Arcand, Guy Maddin, Ian James Corlett, Andrew Nicholls and Darrell Vickers, Stan Daniels, Frances-Anne Solomon, Andrew Younghusband, Leslie Mcfarlane, Ron Sparks, Robert C. Cooper, Phil Comeau, John Mantley, Holly Dale, Rob Heydon, Ken Gord, Jeff Campagna, Fletcher Markle, Joseph Mallozzi, Deepa Mehta, Anne Wheeler, David Winning, Brad Fraser, Maureen Judge, Sidney Olcott, David Shore, Suzanne Jacob, René Balcer, Anais Granofsky, Clement Virgo, Denis Mcgrath, Oren Safdie, Bruce Mcdonald, Chuck Tatham, Martha Ostenso, Mark Palansky, Jack Blum, Patricia Rozema, Claude Jutra, Gilles Carle, John Campea, Roger Frappier, Graham Yost, Stephanie Morgenstern, Hossein Martin Fazeli, Raphael Shore, Pierre Curzi, Bruce Labruce, Dragan Todorovi?, Vic Sarin, David Julian Hirsh, Donald Shebib, Robin Spry, Vittorio Rossi, John Juliani, Emmanuelle Schick Garcia, Leo Orenstein, Adam Smoluk, Xavier Dolan, Stephen Williams, Scott Albert, Roland Michel Tremblay, Joan Finnigan, Dennis Foon, Andrew Currie, Karen X. Tulchinsky, Damian Lee, Annmarie Morais, Jill Golick, Susan Cohen, Bryan Michael Stoller, Michael Maclennan, W. Scott Darling, Craig Olejnik, Hugo Butler, Andrew Miller, Guy Fournier, Mark Kenneth Woods, Bruno Lázaro Pacheco, Vincenzo Natali, Esta Spalding, Zach Lipovsky, Noam Gonick, Greg Preece, Peter Kambasis, John Rogers, Roger Spottiswoode, Allan F. Nicholls, Semi Chellas, Anne Cameron, Roger Lemelin, Stefan Brogren, Giles Blunt, Jacob Tierney, Bernard Slade, Charles Foster, Jason Sherman, Greg Pritikin, John Nesbitt, Tom Walmsley, Dean Deblois, Andrew Kenneth Martin, Richard Sadler, Diane Flacks, Heather O'neill, Stephanie Savage, John Nursall, Michel Choquette, Jean-Louis Millette, Hart Boc...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=18949879 ... Read more

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This is nonfiction commentary. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz, Barney's Version, Solomon Gursky Was Here, Joshua Then and Now, Cocksure, the Incomparable Atuk. Source: Wikipedia. Free updates online. Not illustrated. Excerpt: The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz is the fourth novel by Canadian author Mordecai Richler. It was first published in 1959 by André Deutsch, then adapted to the screen 1974 as film The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz. The novel is set mostly in Montreal, during the 1940s. The city is old, dirty, crowded and divided into sections based on ethnicity and religion. There are poor districts, like St. Urbain Street, and there are wealthy districts, like Westmount and Outremont. Parts of the story also take place in the Laurentian mountains, in the resort town of Ste. Agathe and surrounding areas. The novel focuses on the young life of Duddy Kravitz, a poor Jewish boy raised in Montreal, Quebec. Family, friends, lovers and teachers all contribute to Duddy's burgeoning obsession with power and money desires embodied in the possession of land. As a child, Duddy's grandfather tells him 'a man without land is nobody', and Duddy comes to believe land ownership to be life's ultimate goal and the means by which a man is made into a somebody. Duddy begins to move towards this goal by working for his Uncle Benjy. Their relationship is strained; Uncle Benjy, a wealthy clothing manufacturer with socialist sympathies, has always favoured Duddy's brother Lennie, who wants to become a doctor. Uncle Benjy takes a dim view of Duddy's commercial ambitions, seeing them as avaricious and crass. During the summer after high school, Duddy takes a job as a waiter at a hotel in Ste Agathe. He stumbles upon a beautiful and secluded lake while out with his soon-to-be lover and "Girl...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=7012658 ... Read more

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Chapters: Robertson Davies, Margaret Atwood, Mordecai Richler, Michael Ondaatje, Gabrielle Roy, Timothy Findley, Rohinton Mistry, Carol Shields, Nancy Huston, Malcolm Lowry, Jane Urquhart, David Adams Richards, Morley Callaghan, Jack Hodgins, George Bowering, Alice Munro, Paul Quarrington, Hugh Maclennan, Igor Gouzenko, Margaret Laurence, Brian Moore, Josef Škvorecký, Governor General's Award for English Language Fiction, Thomas Head Raddall, Jacques Godbout, Suzanne Jacob, Governor General's Award for French Language Fiction, Marie-Claire Blais, Colin Mcdougall, Douglas Lepan, Matt Cohen, Miriam Toews, Rudy Wiebe, Anne Hébert, Bertram Brooker, Hugh Garner, Jacques Poulin, Antonine Maillet, Guy Vanderhaeghe, Douglas Glover, Jacques Brault, Gérard Bessette, Kate Pullinger, Lise Tremblay, Adele Wiseman, Jacques Ferron, Réjean Ducharme, Claire Martin, Alan Sullivan, David Gilmour, Marian Engel, Leon Rooke, John F. Hayes, Gilles Archambault, Diane Schoemperlen, Jean-Marc Dalpé, Gloria Sawai, Robert Kroetsch, Philip Child, Gwethalyn Graham, Yves Thériault, Nino Ricci, Richard B. Wright, André Giroux, Peter Behrens, Kildare Dobbs, Philippe Panneton, Dave Godfrey, Colin Mcadam, M. T. Kelly, Laura Salverson, Aki Shimazaki, Greg Hollingshead, Pascale Quiviger, Élise Turcotte. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 286. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Margaret Eleanor Atwood, CC, O.Ont, FRSC (born November 18, 1939) is a Canadian author, poet, critic, essayist, feminist and social campaigner. While she may be best known for her work as a novelist, she is also an award winning poet, having published 15 books of poetry to date. Many of her poems have been inspired by myths and fairy tales, which were interests of hers from an early age. Atwood has also published short stories in Tamarack Review, Alp...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=60280 ... Read more

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Chapters: Mordecai Richler, Raymond Burr, Kenneth Noland, John Cheever, Anthony Newley, Rafael Buenaventura, David Brudnoy, Ivica Račan, Lord Bloody Wog Rolo, Teijirō Toyoda, Lee Hazlewood, Jumbo Tsuruta, Lee Remick, Jay Ward, Hokuten'yū Katsuhiko, Schelto Patijn, Sakıp Sabancı, Samuel W. Koster, David Groh, Bob Burns, Jack Newfield, Koo Chen-Fu, Óscar Carmelo Sánchez, Dave Ricketts, Roy Barcroft, Tony Thompson, Daphney Hlomuka, Peter Gurney, R. W. Bradford, Chih Ree Sun, Dave Bickles, Mark Ritts, Ed Chynoweth, Kenji Nakagami, Harry Spear, Arlene Raven, Alan North, Kevin Foster, Carlos Luis Fallas, Dave Longaberger, Kurt Von Trojan, Nigel Plews, Bert Templeton, Don Harrison, Michael Stroka, Jiří Skobla, Wesley Mouzon, Ernest Burke, Kex Gorin, Wilson Bell. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 219. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Raymond William Stacey Burr (May 21, 1917 September 12, 1993) was a Canadian-born actor, primarily known for his title roles in the television dramas Perry Mason and Ironside. His early acting career included roles on Broadway, radio, television and in film, usually as the villain. He won two Emmy Awards for the role of Perry Mason, which he played for nine seasons between 1957 and 1966. His second hit series, Ironside, earned him six Emmy nominations, and two Golden Globe nominations. In addition to acting, Burr owned an orchid business and had begun to grow a vineyard. He was a collector of wines and art, and was fond of cooking. He was also a generous philanthropist. After his death, from cancer, in 1993, Burr's personal life came into question as details of his known biography appeared to be unverifiable. Gradually, it was revealed that Burr had possibly contrived a life story that hid his homosexuality. He was born Raymond William Stacey Burr in New Westmin...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=62123 ... Read more

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Chapters: Marshall Mcluhan, Mordecai Richler, Pierre Berton, John Ralston Saul, Northrop Frye, David Adams Richards, Jeffrey Simpson, George Woodcock, Stephen Leacock, Michael Ignatieff, Roméo Dallaire, Frederick Philip Grove, Donald Creighton, Roger Caron, Emily Carr, Hugh Maclennan, Robert Hunter, Margaret Macmillan, Governor General's Award for English Language Non-Fiction, F. R. Scott, Thomas Head Raddall, Governor General's Award for French Language Non-Fiction, Frank Underhill, J. M. S. Careless, Jean-François Lisée, Thomas Homer-Dixon, Bruce Hutchison, Gustave Lanctot, Arthur R. M. Lower, Gérard Bouchard, Stephen Clarkson, Karen Connelly, Pierre Nepveu, Nega Mezlekia, Marcel Trudel, Phyllis Grosskurth, Charles Ritchie, Michel Brunet, Régine Robin, Maggie Siggins, George Ramsay Cook, T. A. Goudge, Anthony Adamson, Rosemary Sullivan, François Paré, Jean le Moyne, Louis-Edmond Hamelin, Michel Bock, Christina Mccall, John Murray Gibbon, Sandra Gwyn, Laura Salverson, Rachel Manley. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 255. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Michael Grant Ignatieff (pronounced ; born May 12, 1947) is the leader of the Liberal Party of Canada and Leader of the Official Opposition in Canada. Widely known for his work as an historian and author, Ignatieff held senior academic posts at the University of Cambridge, the University of Oxford, Harvard University and the University of Toronto before entering politics in 2006. In the 2006 federal election, Ignatieff was elected to the House of Commons as the Member of Parliament for EtobicokeLakeshore. That same year, he ran for the leadership of the Liberal Party, ultimately conceding to Stéphane Dion after the fourth and final ballot. He served as the party's deputy leader under Dion, and held his seat in the 2008 federal elec...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=6391151 ... Read more

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Title: What to think of Mordecai Richler (1931-2001).(Obituary)
Author: David J. Dooley
Publication: Catholic Insight (Magazine/Journal)
Date: October 1, 2001
Publisher: Catholic Insight
Volume: 9Issue: 8Page: 36

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Chapters: Fun with Dick and Jane,. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 9. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Fun with Dick and Jane is a 1977 film starring George Segal and Jane Fonda as an upper-middle-class couple who fall through the cracks of society in the United States and then become high-class thieves to get back all they lost. The comedy was directed by Ted Kotcheff and is caustically critical of the 'anarchy' of the American way of life. Other actors include Ed McMahon and Richard Gautier. The character names come from the Dick and Jane series of children's educational books and the title is taken from the title of one of the books in the series. A remake was released in 2005, starring Jim Carrey and Téa Leoni. ...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=2500472 ... Read more

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This is nonfiction commentary. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Joshua Then and Now, the Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz, the Street, Barney's Version. Source: Wikipedia. Free updates online. Not illustrated. Excerpt: Joshua Then and Now is a 1985 film and a TV mini-series, adapted by Mordecai Richler from his semi-autobiographical novel Joshua Then and Now. James Woods starred as the adult Joshua, Gabrielle Lazure as his wife, and Alan Arkin as Joshua's father. It was directed by Ted Kotcheff who had previously directed Richler's The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz. The film depicts Joshua growing up in his Montreal neighborhood, and then his adventures as a modestly successful writer. He marries the "golden shiksa" of his dreams, but eventually everything around him crumbles and he must act quickly to recover it all. A comedic drama, the film moves quickly without lingering for long on any incident and tells a connected complete narrative. Alan Arkin is frequently noted in reviews for an outstanding performance. The cast included Michael Sarrazin as Kevin Hornby (Pauline's brother), Robert Joy as Colin Fraser (Pauline's first husband), Linda Sorenson as Esther Shapiro (Joshua's mother), Alan Scarfe as Jack Trimble, Ken Campbell as Sidney Murdoch, Kate Trotter as Jane Trimble, Alexander Knox as Senator Hornby, and Eric Kimmel as young Joshua. Filmed on location in Montreal, London, Brockville, and Ottawa. Rated R. It has been transcribed to VHS (1986) and DVD. Joshua Shapiro, successful writer and pundit, in a hospital room, seems to have lost his wife and is in the middle of a sex scandal. Compelled to find meaning in his life, he reviews it from his youth to the present day. Joshua grew up as a Jew in the working class St. Urbain Street area in Montreal. His upbringing was unusual because his father was a bo...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=7528620 ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Midstream, published by Thomson Gale on July 1, 2005. The length of the article is 3422 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Canada's Mordecai Richler and Zionism: "a man without land is nobody".(Arts and Letters)
Author: Josh Lambert
Publication: Midstream (Magazine/Journal)
Date: July 1, 2005
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 51Issue: 4Page: 29(4)

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