The Incomparable Atuk

Fiction & Literature, Literary
Cover of the book The Incomparable Atuk by Mordecai Richler, Peter Gzowski, McClelland & Stewart
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Author: Mordecai Richler, Peter Gzowski ISBN: 9781551995656
Publisher: McClelland & Stewart Publication: December 31, 2010
Imprint: New Canadian Library Language: English
Author: Mordecai Richler, Peter Gzowski
ISBN: 9781551995656
Publisher: McClelland & Stewart
Publication: December 31, 2010
Imprint: New Canadian Library
Language: English

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.

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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.

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