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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
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- 2006
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- Título
- The Moon and Sixpence
- Idioma
- Inglés
- Autores
- William Somerset Maugham
- Editorial
- Courier Corporation
- Publicado en
- 2006
- Formato
- Tapa blanda
- Páginas
- 176
- ISBN10
- 0486446026
- ISBN13
- 9780486446028
- Serie
- Etiquetas
- Ficción, Amor, Clásicos, Francia, Inglaterra, Gran Bretaña, Literatura inglesa, Londres, París, Dinero, Pobreza, Artistas, Odio, Novelas biográficas, Hambre, Impresionismo, Tahití, Paul Gauguin, 1848-1903
- Primera publicación
- 1919
- Título original
- The Moon and Sixpence
- Calificación
- 4,5 de 5
- Descripción
- "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.