num_pages: 264
description: Set in the immigrant community of Winnipeg’s North End , Under the Ribs of Death follows the progress of young Sandor Hunyadi as he struggles to cast off his Hungarian background and become a “real Canadian.” Embittered by poverty and social humiliation, Sandor rejects his father’s impractical idealism and devotes himself single-mindedly to becoming a successful businessman. Equipped with a new name and a hardened heart, he is close to realizing his ambition when fortune’s wheel takes an unexpected – and possibly redemptive – turn.Combining social realism and moral parable, Under the Ribs of Death is John Marlyn’s ironic portrayal of the immigrant experience in the years leading up to the Great Depression. As a commentary on the problems of cultural assimilation, this novel is as relevant today as it was when first published in 1957.
language: English
title: Under the Ribs of Death
titlecomplete: Under the Ribs of Death
genres: Fiction, Canada, Classics, Canadian Literature
ratings_count: 180
places: Winnipeg, Manitoba
publisher: New Canadian Library