Fifth Business
Fifth Business by Robertson Davies, published by Penguin in 2002, is a literary work that explores the complex interplay of memory, history, and myth through the life of Ramsay, a man who has returned from the horrors of World War I. Decorated with the Victoria Cross, Ramsay finds himself navigating a landscape where his seemingly innocent actions have profound effects on those around him. This edition spans 252 pages and is presented in English.
Readers will find that Ramsay’s narrative reveals a journey of self-discovery, where the boundaries between reality and the extraordinary blur. As he recounts his experiences, the story delves into themes of influence and the consequences of seemingly trivial events, such as a snowball throw or teaching card tricks. Fifth Business invites reflection on the nature of existence and the hidden depths of everyday life, making it a thought-provoking read for those interested in literary fiction.
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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. His apparently innocent involvement in such innocuous events as the throwing of a snowball or the teaching of card tricks to a small boy in the end prove neither innocent nor innocuous. Fifth Business stands alone as a remarkable story told by a rational man who discovers that the marvelous is only another aspect of the real.
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