- Taschenbuch: 448 Seiten
- Verlag: Penguin (Non-Classics); Auflage: Reprint (4. November 1986)
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-10: 0140097112
- ISBN-13: 978-0140097115
- Größe und/oder Gewicht: 13,3 x 2 x 19,6 cm
- Durchschnittliche Kundenbewertung: 4.0 von 5 Sternen Alle Rezensionen anzeigen (8 Kundenrezensionen)
- Amazon Bestseller-Rang: Nr. 1.373.709 in Englische Bücher (Siehe Top 100 in Englische Bücher)
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In this extraordinary fictional biography, the highly gifted Davies (The Cunning Man, Audio Reviews, LJ 11/15/95) makes use of guardian angels to tell his remarkable tale. Francis Cornish endures a secretive childhood in a remote town, fascinating encounters with its embalmer, and time in prewar Oxford where he studied art and philosophy. He eventually discovers his superior artistic talents and the problem of finding his own unique style. Author Davies has produced a gripping story of artistic triumph and heroic deceit, told with deep insight into the worlds of art and international espionage. This work is tailor-made for the eloquence of narrator Frederick Davidson. A fine addition to any library.?James Dudley, Copiague, N.Y.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc. -- Dieser Text bezieht sich auf eine andere Ausgabe: Hörkassette .
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc. -- Dieser Text bezieht sich auf eine andere Ausgabe: Hörkassette .
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Robertson Davies (1913-1995) had three successive careers during the time he became 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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I didn't realize this was the middle book of the Cornish trilogy and read it first. I haven't read the other two yet, but I have to say that this book is excellent and one of the most entertaining books I have read this year. This book chronicles the odd adventures of Francis Cornish in a sweeping story which moves from Canada to Europe. Francis Cornish is just enough unlucky that you sympathize with his trials and tribulations, but his fantastic artistic skills and his many riches make him someone the reader might envy and not understand. Davies is an expert at telling this sort of life story, and I think this one is even more enjoyable than Fifth Business. He has a sense of what it is like to have characters at the hands of fate; in this novel, the daimons quite literally command and shape Francis's destiny. Reading this book definitely wanted to make me read the rest of the trilogy.
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Wow. I really liked this one. Picked it up after reading The Rebel Angels, not realizing it continued the same story (as much as Davies ever does). Actually it whipsaws back into the past and follows the growth of a truly unusual hero. Gently builds with inexorable force, avoids being too clever by playing it straight, and leaves a few questions unanswered for you to ponder over the next few years. Exhilarating would be a good word for this excellent novel.
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Robertson Davies is simply one of the best story-tellers who ever lived and this is, I think, his best story. Although the middle installment of the Cornish Trilogy (in between Rebel Angels and The Lyre of Orpheus), it stands by itself as a work of fiction. Davies does a ingenious job of weaving history with fable and the compassion he feels for his characters comes through on every page. This is one book you won't regret taking a chance on.
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oh boy...
I agree with the person from Mississauga-- it is the most boring book I've ever been forced to read. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 4. März 2000 veröffentlicht
The book that bores everyones bones
Whats bred in the Bone is one of the worst novels I have ever read in my life. The plot is boring -the main character (francis cornish) dies after an uneventful life. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 16. Februar 2000 von avid reader
gets better with every reading
what's bred in the bone is one of those books that you hope to forget as soon as you've finished reading it -- just so you can go back and rediscover it again. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 4. Mai 1999 veröffentlicht
A rare find of a book
Back in 1985 I was discussing Tolkein with a friend of mine. She said, "Oh, you like dwarves? Well, I've got a book with a dwarf in it. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 15. Januar 1999 von J. Angus Macdonald
One of the greats
What's bred in the bone will out in the flesh, the saying goes. Sheer genius must have composed the vast mass of Robertson Davies' bones. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 1. Oktober 1997 veröffentlicht
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