The Lyre Of Orpheus
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A rich and witty work of literary fiction, The Lyre of Orpheus serves as the triumphant conclusion to Robertson Davies's Cornish Trilogy, following the eccentric Cornish Foundation as it undertakes the ambitious project of completing an unfinished opera by the nineteenth-century composer E.T.A. Hoffmann. Davies masterfully interweaves the comic and the profound, chronicling the collision of artistic ambition, academic ego, and human folly as a graduate student, Hulda Schnakenburg, labors to bring the opera to life under the sardonic spiritual commentary of Hoffmann's ghost. The novel argues, with Davies's characteristic erudition and dry humor, that art is never purely a product of its creator but is instead shaped by the messy, contradictory lives of all who touch it. Populated with brilliantly drawn characters whose personal dramas mirror the Arthurian legend at the heart of the opera itself, the narrative illustrates how myth and reality are forever entangled in the human experience. Readers who prize intelligent, layered storytelling infused with music, mythology, and mordant wit will find this a deeply satisfying and intellectually rewarding novel.
Author: Robertson Davies
Format: Paperback
Published: 1989, Viking
Genre: Modern fiction
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Markings: No markings
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
A rich and witty work of literary fiction, The Lyre of Orpheus serves as the triumphant conclusion to Robertson Davies's Cornish Trilogy, following the eccentric Cornish Foundation as it undertakes the ambitious project of completing an unfinished opera by the nineteenth-century composer E.T.A. Hoffmann. Davies masterfully interweaves the comic and the profound, chronicling the collision of artistic ambition, academic ego, and human folly as a graduate student, Hulda Schnakenburg, labors to bring the opera to life under the sardonic spiritual commentary of Hoffmann's ghost. The novel argues, with Davies's characteristic erudition and dry humor, that art is never purely a product of its creator but is instead shaped by the messy, contradictory lives of all who touch it. Populated with brilliantly drawn characters whose personal dramas mirror the Arthurian legend at the heart of the opera itself, the narrative illustrates how myth and reality are forever entangled in the human experience. Readers who prize intelligent, layered storytelling infused with music, mythology, and mordant wit will find this a deeply satisfying and intellectually rewarding novel.