Robertson Davies Knihy

Slavný kanadský spisovatel Robertson Davies je českému čtenáři téměř neznámý – nepronikl totiž filtrem komunistické cenzury, ačkoli je vedle Márqueze největším zjevem tzv. magického realismu. Krev se nezapře, nejpopulárnější z jeho rozsáhlých romanticky nasvícených románů sleduje osudově předurčenou životní cestu hrdiny od dětství v zámožné kanadsko-anglické rodině. Složitá genetická i kulturní alchymie předků, dětství plné rozporuplných postav a protichůdných tradicí s nároky Nového světa, avšak s nostalgickou touhou po onom starém, jej zavedou do Anglie 30. let a posléze na dobrodružnou životní dráhu. Ani sudičky si nad jeho narozením nevěděly rady. Stane se velkým malířem po vzoru renesančních mistrů, když moderní svět skutečné umění neuznává? V hrdinovi se sváří intuice a intelekt, vysoké hodnoty a venkovanství, konformismus a tradice, bezradnost v lásce a suverenita, velkorysost a skrblictví. Kdepak umělec – jen restaurátor a pak dokonce padělatel, ovšem ze zbabělce se ve válečném víru stane špion a dokonce hrdina. Daviesova kniha připomínající mnohohlasou symfonii nepředstavuje pouze jeden z vrcholů zábavné a mistrně napsané prózy, je to hluboké zamyšlení nad rozporuplností naší civilizace.... celý text

První část trilogie je zpovědí hrdiny, který jako voják projde peklem 1. světové války a po návratu celý život učí na kanadských školách.

In the small university town of Salterton, Ontario, dreams are quietly taking shape, or falling apart. There's the Salterton Little Theatre Company, in which professional director Valentine Rich is tormented by the amateurish efforts of his actors. The families Vambrace and Bridgetower almost go to war over a fake notice of engagement in the local paper. And a family fortune is lavished on an aspiring singer because there is no male heir to claim it. Tracing the lives and incidents of a small community in the middle of the last century, "The Salterton Trilogy" peels off the public veneer of geniality and respectability to reveal the private passions churning beneath.

The University of St John and the Holy Ghost (known affectionately as Spook) has a problem - and an opportunity. Strange, eccentric art patron and collector Francis Cornish has died and faculty members have been made executors of his complicated will. But in the realization of their duties, they find themselves drawn into Cornish's bizarre, secretive and mystical world. In this spellbinding trilogy a host of memorable characters - defrocked, mischief-making monks, half-mad professors, gypsies and musical geniuses - become entangled in a story that involves theft, perjury, scholarship, murder, love, and the squandering of plenty of cash.

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)

Fifth business: A retiring Canadian history professor reveals the true nature of his eerie, mystical influence on those around him

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.

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.

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The story of Dr. Jonathan Hullah, a doctor practicing holistic healing. It chronicles his youth, including an incident in the Canadian bush where his life was saved by an Indian shaman, and describes his World War II years in the course of which he decided to practice holistic medicine. A look at the connection between spirit and body