Sometimes I, having just finished a novel to immerse myself in the protagonist the book and find myself thinking, during the day, what would you do "foo ball" on this particular occasion? What would he think if he were in my place? with what measure would come out of this particular situation? These are questions unanswered, of course, but think of that makes me feel closer to the character in question, almost became a person of flesh and blood, I could almost pick up the phone and call. It happened with Danny Boodmann TD Lemon Novecento protagonist in "Twentieth Century", with "Catcher in the Rye" by Salinger's novel, with Daniel of "The Shadow of the Wind," and, of course, many others. But this feeling I have felt especially with Barney Panofsky, the unforgettable protagonist of "Barney's Version" by R. Mordecai. Now, in this personal gallery, full title, is also part of Duddy Kravitz whose stories are told in "The appredistato of Duddy Kravitz" Always R. Mordecai. The story is set 50 years in the Jewish ghetto of Montreal where Duddy lives with his father, who is a taxi driver by day and night, the pimp, and his older brother, a medical student studies kept by his uncle, and on which are pinned the hopes of redemption of the family. Duddy's life is not easy and is marked by the prophecy of his grandfather, according to which a man without land is nothing. It is by this statement to guide Duddy in a dizzying climb to the overwhelming wealth, in its mad rush, everything and everyone. It is this total lack of scruples, though mitigated by the instinct that inspires sympathy the character, to put it a notch below all'intramontabile Barney.
The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz
R. Mordecai - Adelphi
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