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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.
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The Moon and Sixpence, William Somerset Maugham
- Lingua
- Pubblicato
- 2006
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- Titolo
- The Moon and Sixpence
- Lingua
- Inglese
- Autori
- William Somerset Maugham
- Editore
- Courier Corporation
- Pubblicato
- 2006
- Formato
- In brossura
- Pagine
- 176
- ISBN10
- 0486446026
- ISBN13
- 9780486446028
- Serie
- Tag
- Narrativa, Amore, Classici, Francia, Inghilterra, Gran Bretagna, Letteratura inglese, Londra, Parigi, Denaro, Povertà, Artisti, Odio, Romanzi biografici, Fame, Impressionismo, Tahiti, Paul Gauguin, 1848-1903
- Prima pubblicazione
- 1919
- Titolo originale
- The Moon and Sixpence
- Valutazione
- 4,5 su 5
- Descrizione
- "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.