The Moon and Sixpence (Dover Thrift Editions) - Softcover

Maugham, W. Somerset

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0375724567 ISBN 13: 9780375724565

Verlag: VINTAGE, 2000

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Book by Maugham W Somerset

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"[A] witty, compelling roman à clef...that mock[s] the way the world makes saints of the sinners who are often its best artists." -The Boston Globe

"It is very difficult for a writer of my generation, if he is honest, to pretend indifference to the work of Somerset Maugham.... He was always so entirely there." -Gore Vidal

Reseña del editor:

Based on the life of Paul Gauguin, The Moon and Sixpence is W. Somerset Maugham's ode to the powerful forces behind creative genius.

Charles Strickland is a staid banker, a man of wealth and privilege.  He is also a man possessed of an unquenchable desire to create art.  As Strickland pursues his artistic vision, he leaves London for Paris and Tahiti, and in his quest makes sacrifices that leave the lives of those closest to him in tatters.  Through Maugham's sympathetic eye Strickland's tortured and cruel soul becomes a symbol of the blessing and the curse of transcendent artistic genius, and the cost in human lives it sometimes demands.

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• Verlag: VINTAGE
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0375724567
• ISBN 13: 9780375724565
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 288