威廉·薩默塞特·毛姆(William Somerset Maugham,1874 -1965),英國小說傢,劇作傢,被譽為“故事聖手”。
生於巴黎,十歲前父母雙亡,由叔叔接迴英國撫養,因身材矮小,說話結巴,總被同齡人欺淩,性格孤僻敏感。
18歲在倫敦學醫,後棄醫從文。23歲時發錶首部小說《蘭貝斯的麗莎》,從此走上文學創作的道路。人生經曆奇特,他做過助産,做過間諜,做過演員,做過救護車司機;他做過丈夫,做過情人,拒絕過女人的求婚,他的求婚也被另一個女人拒絕;他自稱“四分之三喜歡女人,隻有四分之一喜歡男人”。
在文學界,毛姆是一個優雅、老到、冷漠的人性觀察者,幾乎每一個人都能在他的故事中看到自己,這也讓毛姆成為二十世紀炙手可熱的作傢。
他的後半生住在一座仙境般的彆墅裏,晚年幾乎獲得瞭整個歐洲文學界的一切殊榮。91歲時,逝於法國。
經典代錶作:《月亮與六便士》《人性的枷鎖》。
Book Description
It seems unthinkable that Charles Strickland, the dull, bourgeois city gent, would have the tortured soul of a genius. Yet Strickland is driven to abandon his home, wife, and children to devote himself slavishly to painting. In a tiny studio in Paris he fills canvas after canvas, refusing to sell or even exhibit his work. Beset by poverty, sickness, and his own intransigent nature, he drifts to Tahiti, where, even after being blinded by leprosy, he produces some of his most extraordinary works of art. First published in 1919 and inspired by the life of Paul Gauguin, The Moon and Sixpence is a study of a man possessed by the need to create - regardless of the cost to himself or others.
Book Dimension
length: (cm)19.7 width:(cm)12.8
發表於2024-12-22
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評分你肯定有這樣一個朋友吧:在銀行工作,長得一般,業務湊閤,有老婆孩子,勤勤懇懇養傢糊口,不愛說話,但如果開口說話,說的話也多半無趣無味——總之形象非常白開水,在任何一個社交場閤都是角落裏不大起眼的人。事實上你肯定有不止一個這樣的朋友,事實上你自己沒準就是這樣...
評分有次跟鄧正來吃飯,席間他批判現在人的“平庸”,我初以為這是精英對平民的歧視,他解釋道:“我說的是平庸,平庸和平凡是兩迴事。平凡的人可以很偉大,而平庸的人即使成功也還是平庸。” 我看《月亮和六便士》的時候,就想起他這段話。 思特裏剋蘭德,在四十多歲的時候,忽然...
圖書標籤: 毛姆 英國文學 W.SomersetMaugham 英文原版 小說 外國文學 英國 Maugham
It reminds you of a placid rivulet, meandering smoothly through green pastures and shaded by pleasant trees, till at last it falls into the vasty sea; but the sea is so calm, so silent, so indifferent, that you are troubled suddenly by a vague uneasiness. In my heart was a desire to live more dangerously. 請務必不要沉這入海中
評分He was eternally a pilgrim, haunted by a divine nostalgia, and the demon within him was ruthless. There are men whose desire for beauty is so great that to attain it they will shatter the very foundation of their world.
評分We seek pitifully to convey to others the treasures of our heart, but they have not the power to accept them, and so we go lonely, side by side but not together, unable to know our fellows and unknown by them.
評分Marvelous, contemplative and inspiring
評分追求夢想既是追求自己的噩運 不好嗎
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