David Morisset

And the Piper Played the Tune (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Two exiled princes, one a gifted musician and the other an invincible warrior, leave their hard-hearted father's prosperous realm and travel to a world of wonder outside the conventional boundaries of time and place. They encounter hermits with magical powers, a capricious sea ogress, an alluring mermaid, patriotic princesses, wily astrologers, scheming courtiers, brutal pirates, and remarkable animals. Both princes are eventually presented with opportunities to become rulers of foreign lands threatened with invasion by warlike neighbouring principalities.
The central storyline of 'And the Piper Played the Tune' is not a new one. It follows closely many aspects of Sunthorn Phu's epic poem about the exploits of Phra Aphai Mani a masterpiece that occupies a prominent place in the pantheon of Thai literature. Sunthorn Phu's poem blends realistic incidents and events driven by unnatural forces, frequently in the context of hazardous sea voyages. Accordingly, the saga of Phra Aphai Mani has often been compared to Homer's Odyssey. 'And the Piper Played the Tune' is David Morisset's respectful attempt to make Sunthorn Phu's epic known to English-speaking readers.
David Morisset is the pen name of an Australian writer who grew up in the distinctive landscape of Sydney's semi-rural western fringe. Later, in the course of his work as a diplomat and an economist, he travelled widely in Asia, the Middle East, Africa, Europe, America and Oceania. He has published several novels as well as collections of poems and short stories.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: David Morisset
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Mai 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780463201473
• Artikelnr.: 72391536

Autorenporträt

David Morisset is an Australian author who grew up in Riverstone, which was then a meatworks town in Sydney's semi-rural western districts. He moved to Canberra to study at the Australian National University and chose to roam the world, first as a diplomat and later as an economist. Although he has spent most of his life in Australia, he has also lived in Iran and Tanzania. His work as an economist involved extensive travel throughout Asia, North America, Western Europe and Oceania. Over recent years he has published several novels as well as collections of short stories and poems.