| 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.
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.
