The Lyre of Orpheus - Hardcover

Davies, Robertson

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0771599196 ISBN 13: 9780771599194

Publisher: Macmillan of Canada, 1988

Synopsis

pp. 472, SIGNED by the author on the title page.

About this title

About the Author:

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.

From AudioFile:

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

About this edition

• Publisher: Macmillan of Canada
• Publication date: 1988
• ISBN 10: 0771599196
• ISBN 13: 9780771599194
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 472