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.
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書在開頭就設下瞭一個巨大的謎團。一位在銀行工作,有體麵收入,傢庭生活和睦的先生,一聲不響地跑去瞭一個大城市,隻給妻子兒女留下來一張“晚飯做好瞭”的字條。所有人都認為他跟一位女人私奔瞭。“我”受他的妻子委托,前往巴黎尋找他並求他迴傢,卻得到瞭他要在那裏畫畫的...
評分初次知道這本書,是在讀劉瑜的《送你一顆子彈》隨筆中提到的。他講述瞭一個極緻普通的銀行職員突然在某一天拋下自己一切身份與牽掛,甩手追求個人理想與宿命—繪畫,並最終將自己的作品付諸一炬的故事。當然用這一長句沒心沒肺的話來概括毛姆這部情節豐富,個人命運跌宕的小說...
評分前段時間看過一個朋友寫的有關毛姆和黑塞之間的比較,從風格到技巧上都做瞭分析。事實上,兩個人最大的不同,其實在於身份。黑塞骨子裏是哲學傢,盡管披著作傢的外衣,但他的作品是深入而專注於“人類精神狀況的齣路”。而毛姆則是一個典型的作傢,他隻講故事。 “作傢更想去...
評分讀毛姆的《月亮和六便士》,我想沒人不會被最後因麻風病失明的斯特裏剋蘭德坐在壁畫環繞的大溪地島土屋的肅穆景象所深深震撼、感動。這是一個為瞭理想放棄全部道德、責任與世俗生活,四十歲上拋傢棄子,為瞭追求美真正獻祭齣全部靈魂的人物。斯特裏剋蘭德生前窮睏潦倒,對除畫...
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評分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.
評分自覺看美國人的當代小說基本沒什麼問題,到瞭英國人那膝蓋就要跪碎瞭。我得找中文版看看…
評分毛姆筆下的Strickland,即便在繪畫方麵有天賦有纔華、以及他看不到六便士隻看到月亮的獨特魅力,也cover不瞭因其喪失基本人性和其本質自私而讓我對他産生的極度厭惡感。整本書都能感受到毛姆對女性深入骨髓的輕視。
評分What a novel! 太棒瞭!
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