"Canada's leading man of letters and literary virtuoso" (Chicago Tribune) crowns an astonishing literary career with a new novel in the spirit of hi s bestselling What's Bred in the Bone. A mysterious death prologues a rich and meaty saga, narrated by Dr. Jonathan Hullah, which looks back over a long life punctuated by the dazzling intellectual highjinks and compassionate philosophies of Hullah and his circle.
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Irresistible, unflaggingly vital. A wholehearted and sharp-minded celebration of the Great Theatre of Life (Sunday Times)
A novel brimming with themes of music, poetry, beauty, philosophy, death and the deep recesses of the mind (Observer)
An amazing coup. Davies has written a brilliant, never less than engaging work of fiction which is also a philosophical meditation on the business of living. I have not read anything so good in a very long time (Financial Times)
A wise, humane and consistently entertaining novel (New York Times Book Review)
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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Condition: Fair. : En 'The Cunning Man', Robertson Davies nos presenta al Dr. Jonathan Hullah, un médico que practica la curación holística. La novela narra su juventud, incluyendo un incidente en el bosque canadiense donde su vida fue salvada por un chamán indio, y describe sus años en la Segunda Guerra Mundial, durante los cuales decidió practicar la medicina holística. La obra explora la conexión entre el espíritu y el cuerpo, ofreciendo una mirada profunda a las filosofías personales del doctor Hullah tras la misteriosa muerte de Father Hobbs. Una historia que invita a la reflexión sobre la vida, la muerte y la sanación. EAN: 9780140253153 Tipo: Libros Categoría: Literatura y Ficción Título: The Cunning Man Autor: Robertson Davies Editorial: Penguin Idioma: en Páginas: 480 Formato: tapa blanda. Seller Inventory # Happ-2025-12-11-85c28162
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