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.
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——毛姆论伟大 “我所谓的伟大不是走红运的政治家或是立战功的军人的伟大;这种人显赫一时,与其说是他们本身的特质倒不如说沾了他们地位的光,一旦事过境迁,他们的伟大也就黯然失色了。人们常常发现一位离了职的首相当年只不过是个大言不惭的演说家;一个解甲归田的将军无...
评分几个月前,我问一朋友生日时想收到什么礼物。他答曰:大美妞儿~我笑回:“书中自有千钟粟,书中自有黄金屋,书中自有颜如玉……”他不同意最后那句,旁征博引地回我:“……你说念个尼采念个权力意志……再整萨特啊……德里达啊……叔本华啊……洛克啊……祁克果……再鼓捣鼓捣...
评分读毛姆的《月亮和六便士》,我想没人不会被最后因麻风病失明的斯特里克兰德坐在壁画环绕的大溪地岛土屋的肃穆景象所深深震撼、感动。这是一个为了理想放弃全部道德、责任与世俗生活,四十岁上抛家弃子,为了追求美真正献祭出全部灵魂的人物。斯特里克兰德生前穷困潦倒,对除画...
自觉看美国人的当代小说基本没什么问题,到了英国人那膝盖就要跪碎了。我得找中文版看看…
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评分毛姆笔下的Strickland,即便在绘画方面有天赋有才华、以及他看不到六便士只看到月亮的独特魅力,也cover不了因其丧失基本人性和其本质自私而让我对他产生的极度厌恶感。整本书都能感受到毛姆对女性深入骨髓的轻视。
评分Strickland 为什么喜欢 Bruegel 呢?
评分吐血,這一個個人物都是極品啊!Stroeve已經為Beauty & Genius卑微屈膝到不是人了,Strickland爲了passion for creating beauty可以抛棄人間萬事到這種地步,這真是終極裝逼,内心強大到這個地步還能稱人麽?!不否認沒有人性光輝的作品可以有其脫離人世的美,可怎麽又會成爲世人口中的“天才美”?可見後人都是裝逼。毛姆叔叔真心太厲害,言辭幽默用絕了!
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