Solomon Gursky Was Here
Penguin Modern Classics Edition
- Publisher
- Penguin Group Canada
- Initial publish date
- May 2017
- Category
- Classics, Literary, Historical
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9780735233409
- Publish Date
- May 2017
- List Price
- $22.00
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Hardback
- ISBN
- 9780670825264
- Publish Date
- Oct 1988
- List Price
- $26.95
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9780143051459
- Publish Date
- Jun 2005
- List Price
- $20.00
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9780143012641
- Publish Date
- Jan 2002
- List Price
- $19.99
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9780140277272
- Publish Date
- Sep 1998
- List Price
- $17.99
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9780140116083
- Publish Date
- Oct 1989
- List Price
- $7.99
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CD-Audio
- ISBN
- 9781978646957
- Publish Date
- Jun 2019
- List Price
- $37.99
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CD-Audio
- ISBN
- 9781522606512
- Publish Date
- May 2016
- List Price
- $14.99
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Description
Berger, son of the failed poet L.B. Berger, is in the grips of an obsession. The Gursky family with its colourful bootlegging history, its bizarre connections with the North and the Inuit, and its wildly eccentric relations, both fascinates and infuriates him. His quest to unravel their story leads to the enigmatic Ephraim Gursky: document forger in Victorian England, sole survivor of the ill-fated Franklin expedition and charasmatic religious leader of the Arctic. Of Ephraim's three grandsons, Bernard has fought, wheeled and cheated his way to the head of a liquor empire. His brother Morrie has reluctantly followed along. But how does Ephraim's protege, Solomon, fit in? Elusive, mysterious and powerful, Solomon Gursky hovers in the background, always out of Moses' grasp, but present-like an omen.
About the author
Mordecai Richler (1931-2001) wrote ten novels; numerous screenplays, essays, children's books; and several works of non-fiction. He gained international acclaim with The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz, which was later made into a movie. During his career, he was the recipient of dozens of literary awards, including two Governor General's Awards, The Giller Prize and the Commonwealth Writers Prize. Mordecai Richler was made a Companion of the Order of Canada in 2001.
