Robert Frobisher - Cloud Atlas Wiki
WEBRobert Frobisher, a young, penniless, bisexual musician, has been disowned by his father, kicked out of the University, and has an army of creditors eager to find him.
Cloud Atlas (novel) - Wikipedia
WEBIt is told in the form of letters from Robert Frobisher, a recently disowned and penniless young English musician, to his lover Rufus Sixsmith. Frobisher journeys to Zedelghem to become an amanuensis to the reclusive once-great composer Vyvyan Ayrs, who is dying of syphilis and nearly blind.
Cloud Atlas (film) - Wikipedia
WEBIn 1936, English composer Robert Frobisher finds work as an amanuensis to aging composer Vyvyan Ayrs, allowing Frobisher to compose his own masterpiece, "The Cloud Atlas Sextet". As the sextet nears completion, Ayrs demands credit for it and threatens to expose Frobisher's bisexuality if he refuses.
Robert Frobisher Character Analysis in Cloud Atlas - LitCharts
WEBRobert Frobisher is the protagonist of “Letters from Zedelghem,” which contains his letters from Belgium to his companion Rufus Sixsmith in England. Robert’s letters later end up in the possession of Luisa Rey. Robert is a brilliant young composer but also a …
Robert Frobisher in Cloud Atlas Character Analysis - Shmoop
WEBRobert Frobisher is a tragic, romantic, bisexual composer, and also the author of the "Letters from Zedelghem" that comprise Parts 2 and 10 of Cloud Atlas. He's maybe the most complex character in the novel, partly because of who is he is, and partly because we only see him through his own clever, well-chosen words.
Your Guide to the Characters and Connections of Cloud Atlas - Vulture
WEBOct 27, 2012 · Who he plays: A cabin boy in 1849; bisexual (and birthmarked!) composer Robert Frobisher in 1936, who apprentices himself to Jim Broadbent while sleeping with Broadbent’s wife, Halle Berry, and...
Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell Plot Summary | LitCharts
WEBDr. Henry Goose diagnoses him with a brain parasite and offers a cure, but Adam’s condition only worsens. Many years later, in a remote part of Belgium near Bruges, the young composer Robert Frobisher writes letters to Rufus Sixsmith.
Cloud Atlas Character Analysis - LitCharts
WEBRobert Frobisher. Robert Frobisher is the protagonist of “Letters from Zedelghem,” which contains his letters from Belgium to his companion Rufus Sixsmith in England. Robert’s letters later end up in the possession of Luisa Rey. Robert… read analysis of …
Souls Tangled Up in Time - The New York Times
WEBOct. 25, 2012. In 1849 a businessman on a Melville-esque sea voyage in the South Pacific battles a mysterious illness and shelters a runaway slave. In 1936 Robert Frobisher, a penniless young...
Robert Frobisher Timeline in Cloud Atlas - Shmoop
WEBRobert Frobisher Timeline & Summary. Back; More ; In the 1930s, bisexual composer Robert Frobisher travels to Bruges where famed composer Vyvyan Ayrs lives at Chateau Zedelghem. Frobisher applies to be Ayrs's amanuensis—a fancy-pants term for apprentice. Together, Ayrs and Frobisher develop a new composition, "Der Todtenvogel."