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Deze trilogie duikt in de complexiteit van de menselijke ervaring en de onderlinge verbondenheid van levens in een klein Canadees stadje. Het volgt de reizen van verschillende personages over decennia, van kindertijd tot ouderdom, waarbij ingewikkelde relaties en de onverwachte gevolgen van schijnbaar onschuldige acties worden onthuld. De serie verweeft meesterlijk persoonlijke drama's met historische gebeurtenissen en onderzoekt de aard van herinnering, toeval en de zoektocht naar betekenis. Dit is een rijk literair werk dat de grenzen tussen realiteit, mythe en het onverklaarbare aftast.

The Manticore
Fifth Business
The Deptford Trilogy. Fifth business; The Manticore; World of Wonders
World of Wonders
The Deptford Trilogy

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  1. 1

    Fifth Business

    • 288bladzijden
    • 11 uur lezen
    4,0(562)Tarief

    Ramsay is a man twice born, a man who has returned from the hell of the battle-grave at Passchendaele in World War I decorated with the Victoria Cross and destined to be caught in a no man's land where memory, history, and myth collide. As Ramsay tells his story, it begins to seem that from boyhood, he has exerted a perhaps mystical, perhaps pernicious, influence on those around him. His apparently innocent involvement in such innocuous events as the throwing of a snowball or the teaching of card tricks to a small boy in the end prove neither innocent nor innocuous. Fifth Business stands alone as a remarkable story told by a rational man who discovers that the marvelous is only another aspect of the real.

    Fifth Business
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    The Manticore

    • 304bladzijden
    • 11 uur lezen
    4,1(5535)Tarief

    Exploring the complexities of familial relationships, the narrative centers on David Staunton, a successful man grappling with the shadow of his imposing father. As he navigates therapy, he meets a diverse array of characters who aid him in confronting his past and unraveling the mystery surrounding his father's death. The Manticore blends psychological depth with fantastical elements, contributing to the rich tapestry of the Deptford Trilogy.

    The Manticore
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    World of Wonders

    4,1(88)Tarief

    This story of Magnus Eisengrim, master illusionist, the most illustrious magician of his age, has been called "a spectacular, soaring work, an astounding tour de force unequaled in recent literature." World of Wonders is the final volume in Robertson Davies's celebrated Deptford Trilogy, which began with Fifth Business and The Manticore. Book jacket.

    World of Wonders

  • The Deptford Trilogy

    4,3(549)Tarief

    Fifth Business: "Ramsay is a man twice born, a man who has returned from the hell of the battle-grave at Passchendaele in World War I decorated with the Victoria Cross and destined to be caught in a no man's land where memory, history, and myth collide. As Ramsay tells his story, it begins to seem that from boyhood, he has exerted a perhaps mystical, perhaps pernicious, influence on those around him"--Publisher website (May 2007)

    The Deptford Trilogy