Lyre of Orpheus (G K Hall Large Print Book Series) - Hardcover
Composer Hulda Schnackenburg, priest and scholar, librettist Simon Darcourt, and director Arthur Cornish work to complete E.T.A. Hoffman's unfinished opera
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ROBERTSON DAVIES (1913-1995) was an internationally acclaimed author, actor, publisher, and, finally, professor at the University of Toronto. The author of twelve novels and several volumes of essays and plays, he was the first Canadian to be inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Letters.
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No other Canadian novelist is lauded and read as widely outside his homeland as Robertson Davies. His characters fascinate, and his gentle, graceful style makes no demands on the reader. His civilized prose should read well aloud--indeed, Davidson helps one hear its strengths. He provides an intelligent, expressive, well-paced rendering of the narrative about a Canadian university professor, as well as vivid impersonations of the characters. However, he has trouble with the "authorial voice." In his mouth, the narrative has a sarcastic, even cynical, edge, whereas Davies's words, though not without humor and irony, are far more empathetic. Y.R. (c)AudioFile, Portland, Maine
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- PublisherG K Hall & Co
- Publication date1990
- ISBN 10 0816148392
- ISBN 13 9780816148394
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages588
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G.K. Hall & Co., Boston, MA
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ISBN 13: 9780816148394
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