具体描述
From 1892, when he was eighteen, until 1949 when this book was first published, Somerset Maugham kept a notebook. It is without a doubt one of his most important works. Part autobiographical, part confessional, packed with observations, confidences, experiments and jottings it is a rich and exhilarating admission into this great writer’s workshop.
作者简介
William Somerset Maugham, CH (January 25, 1874 Paris, France – December 16, 1965 Nice, France) was an English playwright, novelist, and short story writer, one of the most widely-known western authors of the 1930s and reportedly the highest paid.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W._Somerset_Maugham
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读后感
毛姆写到一个段子:一位贵夫人也想让自己儿子成为作家,因此询问毛姆的意见。他回答说:“每年给他一百五十镑,给五年,叫他见鬼去吧。”这样的回答原本就戏谑的成分大一些,当不得真。但是过了不久,毛姆回过味儿来愈发觉得这个答案之妙,有了这笔钱,年轻人不至于挨饿,但也...
1、如果我有志日后写点什么真正的东西,那么我一直苦于寻求一些写作方法上的指引,虽然很多事我倾向于自己摸索,但间或有“高人指点迷津”,则更加有益,而阅毕此书,终于有所收获,甚至茅塞顿开。 2、之前记笔记用胶装笔记本,用了不久之后,发现如此记法,对于笔记...
用户评价
Maugham is a cynic. But he is a brilliant cynic.
还是给我很多启发的。
看毛姆如何从不naive的smart*s进化为智慧的犀利毒舌bitch… 总体来说还是很三观一致的 sigh
笔记本原是积累写作素材的,也有点像毛姆的速写片段集/人生哲理语录,且毫无枯燥生硬的说教,零金碎玉俯拾即是,让人佩服他的深邃洞察力与简练文笔,Preface对比了英法两国不同的文坛风气和作家的不同性格习惯,很有趣味。
Maugham is a cynic. But he is a brilliant cynic.