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Moon and Sixpence by W. Somerset Maugham (2000, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherKnopf Doubleday Publishing Group
ISBN-100375724567
ISBN-139780375724565
eBay Product ID (ePID)1635593
Product Key Features
Book TitleMoon and Sixpence
Number of Pages288 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicPsychological, Classics, Literary, Historical
Publication Year2000
GenreFiction
AuthorW. Somerset Maugham
Book SeriesVintage International Ser.
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.6 in
Item Weight8.8 Oz
Item Length8 in
Item Width5.2 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN99-057094
TitleLeadingThe
Dewey Edition21
Reviews"[A] witty, compelling roman clef...that mock[s] the way the world makes saints of the sinners who are often its best artists." - The Boston Globe "It is very difficult for a writer of my generation, if he is honest, to pretend indifference to the work of Somerset Maugham.... He was always so entirely there." -Gore Vidal, "[A] witty, compelling roman à clef...that mock[s] the way the world makes saints of the sinners who are often its best artists." - The Boston Globe "It is very difficult for a writer of my generation, if he is honest, to pretend indifference to the work of Somerset Maugham.... He was always so entirely there." -Gore Vidal, "[A] witty, compelling roman à clef...that mock[s] the way the world makes saints of the sinners who are often its best artists." -- The Boston Globe "It is very difficult for a writer of my generation, if he is honest, to pretend indifference to the work of Somerset Maugham.... He was always so entirely there." --Gore Vidal, "[A] witty, compelling roman à clef...that mock[s] the way the world makes saints of the sinners who are often its best artists." - The Boston Globe "It is very difficult for a writer of my generation, if he is honest, to pretend indifference to the work of Somerset Maugham.... He was always so entirely there." -Gore Vidal, "[A] witty, compelling roman à clef...that mock[s] the way the world makes saints of the sinners who are often its best artists." -The Boston Globe "It is very difficult for a writer of my generation, if he is honest, to pretend indifference to the work of Somerset Maugham.... He was always so entirely there." -Gore Vidal
Dewey Decimal823.91
SynopsisBased on the life of Paul Gauguin, this "witty, compelling" novel ( The Boston Globe ) by the internationally acclaimed author of The Razor's Edge is a dazzling ode to the powerful forces behind creative genius. Charles Strickland is a staid banker, a man of wealth and privilege. He is also a man possessed of an unquenchable desire to create art. As Strickland pursues his artistic vision, he leaves London for Paris and Tahiti, and in his quest makes sacrifices that leave the lives of those closest to him in tatters. Through Maugham's sympathetic eye Strickland's tortured and cruel soul becomes a symbol of the blessing and the curse of transcendent artistic genius, and the cost in human lives it sometimes demands., Based on the life of Paul Gauguin, The Moon and Sixpence is W. Somerset Maugham's ode to the powerful forces behind creative genius. Charles Strickland is a staid banker, a man of wealth and privilege. He is also a man possessed of an unquenchable desire to create art. As Strickland pursues his artistic vision, he leaves London for Paris and Tahiti, and in his quest makes sacrifices that leave the lives of those closest to him in tatters. Through Maugham's sympathetic eye Strickland's tortured and cruel soul becomes a symbol of the blessing and the curse of transcendent artistic genius, and the cost in human lives it sometimes demands.
LC Classification NumberPR6025.A86M6 2000
