Annabel lyon is the author of the novel the golden mean, a bestseller in canada that won the rogers writers trust fiction prize, was shortlisted for the scotiabank giller prize and the governorgenerals award, and has been translated into fourteen. A startlingly original first novel by this generations answer to alice munro the vancouver suna bold reimagining of one of historys most intriguing relationships. Annabel lyons the golden mean posted on march 15, 2011 annabel lyon will be reading from book the golden mean at the unb reading series on tuesday march 22, at 8 pm in the alumni memorial lounge. Told in the brilliantly rendered voice of aristotlekeenly intelligent, often darkly funnythe golden mean brings ancient greece to vivid life via the story of this remarkable friendship between two towering figures, innovator and conqueror, whose views of the world. She has published two collections of short fiction, two young adult novels, and two adult historical novels, the golden mean and its sequel, the sweet girl. See all books authored by annabel lyon, including the golden mean, and the sweet girl, and more on thriftbooks. Appearing in greek thought at least as early as the delphic maxim nothing to excess and emphasized in later aristotelian philosophy, the golden mean or golden middle way is the desirable middle between two extremes, one of excess and the other of deficiency for example, in the aristotelian view, courage is a virtue, but if taken to excess would manifest as recklessness, and, in deficiency. The golden mean engenders in the reader the same helpless sensitivity to the ferocious beauty of the world that is aristotles disease.
Nick cordero is an actor, known for blue bloods 2010, going in style 2017 and a stand up guy 2016. Her first book of fiction, the short story collection oxygen porcupines quill, 2000, was published to wide acclaim, and was nominated for the danuta gleed and relit awards. Now we have her ambitious first novel, the golden mean. Lyons evocation of the ancient world is earthy and immediate, as. Annabel lyon as the golden mean opens, aristotle is forced to postpone his dream of succeeding plato as the leader of the athenian academy when philip of macedon asks him to stay on in his capital city of pella.
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The golden mean king county library system overdrive. The questions raised by the golden mean will be familiar to readers of the new republic and the book. Lyon lives in british columbia with her husband and two children. The narrative is told in aristotles voice, opening with his arrival in pella, the capital of macedon.
The golden mean author annabel lyon original book format hardcover number of pages 304 pages filetype pdf epub mobi kindle filesize 7. The golden mean by annabel lyon is the story of the nearly seven years aristotle spent as the tutor of alexander, the son and heir of king philip of macedon. Oclcs webjunction has pulled together information and resources to assist library staff as they consider how to handle coronavirus. Her first novel, the golden mean, was published in 2009 to great acclaim. Mean teenage mutant ninja turtles little golden book by geof smith and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at.
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These 16 names were selected by our users that were looking for other names like lyon. Annabel lyons the golden mean tells the story of aristotles relationship with young alexander the great. Annabel lyons the golden mean is an audacious novel about aristotles tutoring of the hotblooded young warrior alexander the great in the years before he becomes king of macedon at age twenty. This is an intimate portrait of aristotle as a kind man with the judgement to survive brutal court politics. Annabel lyon crafts prose that has been nominated for a slew of awards and earned her a reputation as a deft literary stylist.
This, then, is a virtuous work, though fibrous, fatfree and rarely what youd call fun. The golden mean by annabel lyon 2009 random house canada 2009 304 pp i was definitely wary before beginning the golden mean. Lyon structures her new novel around a real historical document believed to be aristotles will, which she prints at the end of the golden mean and which appears again in. Annabel lyon published her first book, oxygen, a collection of stories, in 2000. The golden mean, her first novel, is a canadian bestseller and is being published in six languages. Both of the genealogies in matthew and luke record that jesus is a descendant of the tribe of judah. Numerous and frequentlyupdated resource results are available from this search. The golden mean by annabel lyon and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Answers vary according to which religion or creed you cleave to. The golden mean washoe county library system overdrive. The golden mean is a crisply written, painstakingly researched book, and lyon ably inhabits the greatest mind of all time hardly a mean feat. The golden mean won the rogers writers trust fiction prize. About annabel lyon annabel lyon is the author of the novel the golden mean, a bestseller in canada that won the rogers writers trust fiction prize, was shortlisted for the scotiabank giller prize and the governorgenerals award, and has been translated into fourteen more about annabel lyon. The golden mean, her first novel, is a canadian best seller and is being published in six languages.
It allows you to go beyond the similarities of a name, which can provide a lot of inspiration. He is able to open the scroll and its seven seals revelation 5. Annabel lyon born 1971 is a canadian novelist and shortstory writer. The bond between teacher and student occupies the center of canadian lyons debut novel covering the three years during which aristotle tutored the young alexander the great, before alexanders acces. Annabel lyon is the author of a collection of stories, oxygen, and a book of novellas, the best thing for you. It won the rogers writers trust fiction prize and was nominated for the scotiabank giller prize, the governor generals award for fiction, and the commonwealth writers prize. It is a historical fiction told from the first person narrator aristotle. Canadian author annabel lyons historical novel the golden mean creates a deeply imagined image of aristotles life in the macedonian capital of pella, where. While this book necessarily lacks the surprising freshness of the golden mean, lyons nonetheless lives up to her. We personally assess every books quality and offer rare, outofprint. Reliable information about the coronavirus covid19 is available from the world health organization current situation, international travel.
The sweet girl by annabel lyon and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. And so annabel lyons debut novel the golden mean portrays lives that grow bigger as they unfoldin this case, two of the most notable lives ever lived. Behind the scenes with aristotle and pupil alexander the. In a feat of historical imagination to compare with mary renault or robert graves i, claudius, the golden mean brilliantly imagines the relationship between aristotle and his pupil, later the virtual psychopath and world conqueror, alexander the great. When jesus is revealed as the promised lion of the tribe of judah, it reveals his deity. Peek inside the book you who understand what a human mind can be, how can you bear it. Lyon definition and meaning collins english dictionary. The best thing for you, a collection of three novellas, followed in 2004 and was nominated for the ethel wilson fiction prize. And that what the boy thrown before his time onto his fathers battlefields needs most is to learn the golden mean, that elusive balance between extremes that aristotle hopes will mitigate the boys will to.
She has published two collections of short fiction, two young adult novels, and two adult historical novels, the golden mean and its. Aristotle is reluctant to set aside his own ambitions in order to tutor alexander, the rebellious son of his. The golden mean, by annabel lyon the globe and mail. The golden mean palm beach county library system overdrive. Aristotles quirky, scientific view of life unfolds in language that is startlingly contemporary, both in the sense of modern and of rooted in 4th. Discover other books like this, author exclusives, and more.
The golden mean by annabel lyon penguin random house. Canadian author annabel lyons historical novel the golden mean creates a deeply imagined image of aristotles life in the macedonian capital of pella, where he tutored the young alexander. Annabel lyon is the author of the novel the golden mean, a bestseller in canada that won the rogers writers trust fiction prize, was shortlisted for the. Her first novel, the golden mean, which imagines the relationship between alexander the.
Magic as a golden mean by costin alexandru chioreanu. It won the rogers writers trust fiction prize and was nominated for the scotiabank giller prize, the governor generals award for fiction, and the commonwealth. In lyons novel the golden mean, a scotia giller prize finalist, aristotle narrates his time spent mentoring king philips son, the boy who would become known for all of history as alexander the great. In mathematics, the principle of the golden mean refers to a series of numbers in which each new number is the sum of the previous two, poetically illustrated by the chambers of a nautilus shell. He feels that teaching this startling, charming, sometimes horrifying boy is a desperate necessity.
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