World of Wonders (Penguin Classics)

ISBN: 9780143039143

出版社: Penguin Classics

出版年: 2006-02-28

页数: 324

定价: USD 16.00

装帧: Paperback

内容简介

Hailed by the "Washington Post Book World" as aa modern classic, a Robertson Daviesas acclaimed Deptford Trilogy is a glittering, fantastical, cunningly contrived series of novels, around which a mysterious death is woven. "World of Wonders"athe third book in the series after "The Manticore"afollows the story of Magnus Eisengrimathe most illustrious magician of his ageawho is spirited away from his home by a member of a traveling sideshow, the Wanless World of Wonders. After honing his skills and becoming better known, Magnus unfurls his lifeas courageous and adventurous tale in this third and final volume of a spectacular, soaring work. aRobertson Davies is one of the great modern novelists.a aMalcolm Bradbury, "The Sunday Times" (London) aRobertson Davies is a novelist whose books are thick and rich with humor, character and incident. They are plotted with skill and much flamboyance.a a"The Observer" (London)