Tempest-Tost (Salterton Trilogy) - Softcover

Davies, Robertson

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9780140167924: Tempest-Tost (Salterton Trilogy)

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0140167927 ISBN 13: 9780140167924

Publisher: Penguin Books, 1980

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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.

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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. His works include: The Salterton Trilogy (Tempest-Tost, Leaven of Malice, winner of the Leacock Award for Humour, 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.

Review:

''Davies's 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. . . as well as vivid impersonations of the characters.'' --AudioFile

''Hilarious, satirical, witty and clever.'' -- Edmonton Journal

''High comedy with a spice of satire to give it savor.'' --Montreal Gazette

''An exercise in puckish persiflage.'' --Toronto Star

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