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"Witty, compelling." — The Boston Globe. Gripped by an overwhelming obsession, Charles Strickland, a conventional London stockbroker, decides in midlife to desert his wife, family, business, and civilization for his art. One of Maugham's most popular works, The Moon and Sixpence is a riveting story about an uncompromising and self-destructive man who forsakes wealth and comfort to pursue the life of a painter. Drifting from Paris to Marseilles, Strickland eventually settles in Tahiti, takes a mistress, and in spite of poverty and a long, terminal illness, produces his most passionate and mysterious works of art. Loosely based on the life of Paul Gauguin, Maugham's timeless masterpiece is storytelling at its best — an insightful work focusing on artistic fixation that propels the artist beyond the commonplace into the selfish realm of genius.
Nákup knihy
The Moon and Sixpence, William Somerset Maugham
- Jazyk
- Rok vydání
- 2006
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- Jazyk
- anglicky
- Autoři
- William Somerset Maugham
- Vydavatel
- Courier Corporation
- Rok vydání
- 2006
- Vazba
- měkká
- Počet stran
- 176
- ISBN10
- 0486446026
- ISBN13
- 9780486446028
- Série
- Štítky
- Beletrie, Láska, Klasika, Francie, Anglie, Velká Británie, Anglická literatura, Londýn, Paříž, Peníze, Chudoba, Umělci, Nenávist, Životopisné romány, Hladovění, Impresionismus, Tahiti, Paul Gauguin, 1848-1903
- První vydání
- 1919
- Původní název
- The Moon and Sixpence
- Hodnocení
- 4,5 z 5
- Anotace
- "Witty, compelling." — The Boston Globe. Gripped by an overwhelming obsession, Charles Strickland, a conventional London stockbroker, decides in midlife to desert his wife, family, business, and civilization for his art. One of Maugham's most popular works, The Moon and Sixpence is a riveting story about an uncompromising and self-destructive man who forsakes wealth and comfort to pursue the life of a painter. Drifting from Paris to Marseilles, Strickland eventually settles in Tahiti, takes a mistress, and in spite of poverty and a long, terminal illness, produces his most passionate and mysterious works of art. Loosely based on the life of Paul Gauguin, Maugham's timeless masterpiece is storytelling at its best — an insightful work focusing on artistic fixation that propels the artist beyond the commonplace into the selfish realm of genius.