William Somerset Maugham was born in Paris in 1874. He spoke French even before he spoke a word of English, a fact to which some critics attribute the purity of his style.
His parents died early and, after an unhappy boyhood, which he recorded poignantly in 'Of Human Bondage' , Maugham became a qualified physician. But writing was his true vocation. For ten years before his first success, he almost literally starved while pouring out novels and plays.
During World War I, Maugham worked for the British Secret Service . He travelled all over the world, and made many visits to America. After World War II, Maugham made his home in south of France and continued to move between England and Nice till his death in 1965.
Charles Strickland, a conventional stockbroker, abandons his wife and children for Paris and Tahiti, to live his life as a painter. Whilst his betrayal of family, duty and honour gives him the freedom to achieve greatness, his decision leads to an obsession which carries severe implications. Inspired by the life of Paul Gauguin, The Moon and Sixpence is at once a satiric caricature of Edwardian conventions and a vivid portrayal of the mentality of a genius.
初次知道这本书,是在读刘瑜的《送你一颗子弹》随笔中提到的。他讲述了一个极致普通的银行职员突然在某一天抛下自己一切身份与牵挂,甩手追求个人理想与宿命—绘画,并最终将自己的作品付诸一炬的故事。当然用这一长句没心没肺的话来概括毛姆这部情节丰富,个人命运跌宕的小说...
评分初次知道这本书,是在读刘瑜的《送你一颗子弹》随笔中提到的。他讲述了一个极致普通的银行职员突然在某一天抛下自己一切身份与牵挂,甩手追求个人理想与宿命—绘画,并最终将自己的作品付诸一炬的故事。当然用这一长句没心没肺的话来概括毛姆这部情节丰富,个人命运跌宕的小说...
评分毛姆是个非常聪明的作家。非常,聪明。 写东西好的人其实不一定聪明。他是真聪明。 他是个非常认真的读者。比起其他毒舌,他读的书多到逆天。而且他还很八卦,看看他写的司汤达评传和福楼拜评传好了。他对作者心理的把握极高明。 也只有他敢说巴尔扎克、托尔斯泰、陀思妥耶夫...
评分毛姆是个非常聪明的作家。非常,聪明。 写东西好的人其实不一定聪明。他是真聪明。 他是个非常认真的读者。比起其他毒舌,他读的书多到逆天。而且他还很八卦,看看他写的司汤达评传和福楼拜评传好了。他对作者心理的把握极高明。 也只有他敢说巴尔扎克、托尔斯泰、陀思妥耶夫...
评分What a novel! 太棒了!
评分Maugham is really one of my favourite. He writes stories briefly. Dialogue, the relationships between people, the beginning, process and ending can be seen clearly. And I really love his tone. There is always an "I" in his novel, which makes me moving. However, this time i found something i did not notice before. From Moon to the Razor's edge, he found his way just like Strickland found his way to express through painting. Maugham is not able to describe the so-called power and home in this book, but he suceeded in the Razor's Edge. However, i still love the Moon and Sixpence the best. it's amazing to see the combination of these simple and shadow words brings such great influence everytime he described the paintings. it also shocks me again when i read chapter 50. Abraham, the name of faith. i still cling to the hope of one day i meet my own permanent Alexandria. To leave or to stay is of no importance. Just to meet it is enough for my forever nostalgia.
评分扇贝第六本
评分反复读多少遍都不为过~~
评分真正的人生总是只关于人自身,而不是社会所赋予的那些物质、名望、地位……Stickland放弃了后面的一切,方能真正追求到人一生的极致时刻。所谓有得必有失,其实往往是先明白哪些是不需要的,舍弃无用的才能得到真正有价值的。
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