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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.
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.
Strickland 为什么喜欢 Bruegel 呢?
评分Strickland 为什么喜欢 Bruegel 呢?
评分Words find themselves too plain to describe the gasping bruteness. What is it to be an artist? Totally moved by the latter part of the novel where the artist was wrapped with devinity and obscenity to the fatal end.
评分真正的人生总是只关于人自身,而不是社会所赋予的那些物质、名望、地位……Stickland放弃了后面的一切,方能真正追求到人一生的极致时刻。所谓有得必有失,其实往往是先明白哪些是不需要的,舍弃无用的才能得到真正有价值的。
评分和想象的不一样。艺术作品描绘不如艾特伍德的猫眼,抛弃一切的天才形象不如安兰德的源泉,人物调侃不如萨奇的短篇。我们看不到男主角的想法,只是在无数的supporting characters 里打着转。嘲讽庸俗的人,嘲讽女性,嘲讽爱情,手法不算一针见血,但实在伤人。抛家弃子最大的问题便是妻儿的生计,可毛姆将这些人划分为庸俗,为有激情有梦想的男主角的累赘。这里的女性,只有狗,庸人,和无意义地赴死的人。我不喜欢这本书,我无法喜欢。
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评分初次知道这本书,是在读刘瑜的《送你一颗子弹》随笔中提到的。他讲述了一个极致普通的银行职员突然在某一天抛下自己一切身份与牵挂,甩手追求个人理想与宿命—绘画,并最终将自己的作品付诸一炬的故事。当然用这一长句没心没肺的话来概括毛姆这部情节丰富,个人命运跌宕的小说...
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...
评分你肯定有这样一个朋友吧:在银行工作,长得一般,业务凑合,有老婆孩子,勤勤恳恳养家糊口,不爱说话,但如果开口说话,说的话也多半无趣无味——总之形象非常白开水,在任何一个社交场合都是角落里不大起眼的人。事实上你肯定有不止一个这样的朋友,事实上你自己没准就是这样...
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