Colombian Peso
Product Overview
Autor: Robertson Davies
Editorial: Libros del asteroide
Lenguaje: Español
ISBN13: 9788493659769
Reseña: Robertson Davies engages us in the fascinating history of Francis Cornish a wealthy and mysterious Canadian collector and patron of the arts who has just died. Beginning with the chance circumstances that lead to his parents marriage and including his unorthodox artistic formation and his sexual initiation the novel narrates the various stages of his life and recounts the development of his character. This is how we discover the source of his fortune as well as his past as a painting restorer and falsifier talents which led him to become a part of British espionage during World War II and to participate in a plot to sell falsified artwork to Nazis. With this novel Davies weaves an ingenious tale about the reasons passions and intrigue that drive the art world. Although it can be read independently this novel is thesecond installment of TheCornish Trilogy.Robertson Davies nos sumerge en la fascinante historia de Francis Cornish un acaudalado y misterioso mecenas y coleccionista de arte canadiense que acaba de morir. Comenzando con las azarosas circunstancias que propician el matrimonio de sus padres y pasando por su heterodoxa formacion artistica y su iniciacion amorosa la novela va recorriendo las distintas etapas de su vida y dando cuenta del desarrollo de su caracter. Es asi como se descubre el origen de su fabulosa fortuna y se desvela su pasado como restaurador de pintura y falsificador habilidades que durante la segunda guerra mundial le llevarian a formar parte del espionaje britanico y a participar en una trama de venta de obras de arte falsas a los nazis. Davies crea en esta novela un ingenioso relato sobre las razones pasiones e intrigas que mueven el mundo del arte. Aunque puede ser leida independientemente esta novela es el segundo libro de la Trilogia de Cornish.
