Robertson Davies

Broschiertes Buch

The Deptford Trilogy

Fifth Business, The Manticore, World of Wonders

Beschreibung

At two minutes to six on December 27th 1908 the lives of three people become inextricably bound together by the trajectory of a snowball. There is ten-year old Dunstable Ramsay; his 'lifelong friend and enemy' Percy Boyd Staunton; and, Paul Dempster prematurely born when his pregnant mother is struck by Percy's icy missile.

Autor

Robertson Davies was born in Thamesville, Ontario, in 1913. A novelist, playwright, literary critic and essayist, he received numerous awards for his work. It is as a writer of fiction that Robertson Davies achieved international recognition, with such books as The Salterton Trilogy (Tempest-Tost, Leaven of Malice and A Mixture of Frailties); The Deptford Trilogy (Fifth Business, The Manticore and World of Wonders); The Cornish Trilogy (The Rebel Angels, What's Bred in the Bone, shortlisted for the 1986 Booker Prize, and The Lyre of Orpheus); Murther & Walking Spirits, and The Cunning Man. Robertson Davies died in 1995.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Penguin Books Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 832
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Juli 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 132mm x 199mm x 50mm
• Gewicht: 568g
• ISBN-13: 9780241952627
• ISBN-10: 024195262X
• Artikelnr.: 33214570