num_pages: 128
description: In this beguiling collection of short stories and memoirs, first published in 1969, Mordecai Richler looks back on his childhood in Montreal, recapturing the lively panorama of St. Urbain the refugees from Europe with their unexpected sophistication and snobbery; the catastrophic day when there was an article about St. Urbain Street in Time; Tansky’s Cigar and Soda with its “beat-up brown phonebooth” used for “private calls”; and tips on sex from Duddy Kravitz.Overflowing with humour, nostalgia, and wisdom, The Street is a brilliant introduction to Richler’s lifelong love-affair with St. Urbain Street and its inhabitants.
language: English
title: The Street
titlecomplete: The Street
genres: 20th Century, Judaism, Literary Fiction, Humor, Historical Fiction, Short Stories, Fiction, Jewish, Canadian Literature, Canada
ratings_count: 573
places: Montreal, Quebec (Montréal, Québec)
publisher: Penguin Books