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by Robertson Davies (Author)
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5.0 out of 5 stars amazing, Oct 14 2006
By R. Corson "Inquisitor" (ON, Canada) - See all my reviews
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An outstanding addition to the trilogy. Davies takes a sidestep here to add a Jungian perspective into his stories. This part of the trilogy is exciting and illuminating as its uniqueness and flair leaves us with the same characters we're learning to know and love and shows them to us from a different perspective, a trip, like a daydream in the middle of a classic!
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5.0 out of 5 stars A Jungian perspective, May 7 2001
The story is everything with Davies books. He captured me with the tale of David Staunton, who is only a minor character in Fifth Business.

As with Dunstan Ramsay, the narrator of the first book of the Deptford Trilogy, David Staunton is very much a character who needs to be brought back into balance from an extreme psyche. The book explores his eccentric character through Jungian psychology. Since Davies daugther is a Jungian psychologist, he no doubt used her as a resource in compiling the profile of Staunton.

I really find with Davies books, I find out more about myself, and new ways to view myself, through the characters that he writes about. Perhaps that is why I enjoy them so much.

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4.0 out of 5 stars like Magic Mountain without the politics, April 14 2001
Okay, so the comparison to Mann's work is a bit far fetched, but this book is a Jungian exploration of our main character's consciousness. Thanks to the convention of having Davey recount his story to his shrink, we feel a bit detached and disoriented. There is an element of almost-mysticism and we trace all the paths of Davey's mind and experiences. How did this famous criminal lawyer become such an incorrigible drunk and why does he check himself into Zurich for analysis? Unfortunately I read Fifth Business 4 years ago, so I can't remember any of the story line or comment on the relation of this book to the first. It seems to me though that this book does not depend on the first book in the series. I plan to read World of Wonders next, so I'll have more to say about the relation.

Back to this book -- it's extremely engrossing with penetrating descriptions of all the characters in Davey's life and a curiously detached view of his life. I couldn't put it down, even at the end when the mystical element almost gets out of hand and he literally climbs the mountain and crawls through a primal cave. Even if you don't buy all the Jungian stuff, Davies is such a good and interesting writer that most should enjoy the experience. As a social commentator, he reminds me of Thomas Wolfe. A gripping read.

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4.0 out of 5 stars The Second Best
Based in Switzerland on terms based on the first book of the Deptford epic, our main character finds himself on leave to discover the answer to his problems in life and unravel... Read more
Published on Dec 31 2000 by David Goodman

2.0 out of 5 stars jungian, shmungian
I really like some of Davies' work for its narrative drive and fresh characterization. However some things continually annoy me about him and they are very present in this novel... Read more
Published on Jan 13 2000 by scott gates

3.0 out of 5 stars Running at a tangent
Book 2 of the Deptford Trilogy. In an odd way, this book runs at a tangent to the two massive novels that frame it, Fifth Business and World of Wonders. Read more
Published on Nov 2 1999 by Mark Salter

5.0 out of 5 stars Davies' Deptford Trilogy - A MUST-read
The only bad thing about Robertson Davies' Deptford Trilogy (FIFTH BUSINESS, THE MANTICORE, WORLD OF WONDERS) is that it had to end! Read more
Published on Jul 14 1999 by jonathan@mss.com

5.0 out of 5 stars Better than 'Fifth Business'
I was compelled to read this book on a bet: we were doing some character-study work after reading Fifth Business in class, and a group member and I disagreed about a point -- I... Read more
Published on April 6 1999

4.0 out of 5 stars Psychoanalysis/mysticism fuel Davies' vivid Deptford tale
(Those of you who desire a bullet review of this novel ought to skip my academic excrement and read the last paragraph down there... Read more
Published on Dec 21 1998 by Jay (twindex@aol.com)

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