My next novel, The Charioteer, was completed during my second year of university (I did this rather than playing bridge). It follows the adventures of a young man traveling throughout Greece (as I myself had done the year before) and his encounter with one very unusual man who may be a reincarnation of a Bronze-Age warrior. This manuscript was sent to a couple of publishers and read by author Gwendolyn McEwan who, like myself, was something of a Hellenophile. She said my writing reminded her of Gerald Durrell's. I had never read any of his books, but I figured this comment couldn't be all bad. The writer in residence at the U-of-T at this time was Josef Skvorecky. I'm pretty sure he read over a bit of the manuscript too and, in the end, I believe I sent it out to a few publishers.
The title refers to a magnificent bronze sculpture found in the museum of Delfi, in Greece--for me, it was the very epitome of lightness and grace. No photo really does it justice.
I suppose, at this point, had I sufficient courage, I might seriously have considered writing as a career. Instead I went into teaching where I thought I might safely indulge my many and diverse interests. (But please, no jokes about "those who can't, teach…")
Seems I've done a bit of name dropping in this blog... My bad.
The title refers to a magnificent bronze sculpture found in the museum of Delfi, in Greece--for me, it was the very epitome of lightness and grace. No photo really does it justice.
I suppose, at this point, had I sufficient courage, I might seriously have considered writing as a career. Instead I went into teaching where I thought I might safely indulge my many and diverse interests. (But please, no jokes about "those who can't, teach…")
Seems I've done a bit of name dropping in this blog... My bad.
Gwendolyn
Gerald
Josef
