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"[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 -- Dieser Text bezieht sich auf eine andere Ausgabe: Taschenbuch .
"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 -- Dieser Text bezieht sich auf eine andere Ausgabe: Taschenbuch .
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I confess that when first I made acquaintance with Charles Strickland I never for a moment discerned that there was in him anything out of the ordinary. Yet now few will be found to deny his greatness. I do not speak of that greatness which is achieved by the fortunate politician or the successful soldier; that is a quality which belongs to the place he occupies rather than to the man; and a change of circumstances reduces it to very discreet proportions. The Prime Minister out of office is seen, too often, to have been but a pompous rhetorician, and the General without an army is but the tame hero of a market town. The greatness of Charles Strickland was authentic. It may be that you do not like his art, but at all events you can hardly refuse it the tribute of your interest. He disturbs and arrests. The time has passed when he was an object of ridicule, and it is no longer a mark of eccentricity to defend or of perversity to extol him. His faults are accepted as the necessary complement to his merits. It is still possible to discuss his place in art, and the adulation of his admirers is perhaps no less capricious than the disparagement of his detractors; but one thing can never be doubtful, and that is that he had genius. . . .
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Haunting, thoughtful novel.,
Rezension bezieht sich auf: The Moon and Sixpence (Classic, 20th-Century, Penguin) (Taschenbuch)
It has been noted many times that artists are usually not the most pleasant human beings to be around; Maugham's novel is, among other things, a compelling examination of why this is so. The obsessed artist who dominates this book, Charles Strickland (based on the notorious Paul Gauguin), walks away from his cushy middle-class existence in England to pursue his dream to paint, amid frightful poverty, in France. Strickland is an unforgettable character, an inarticulate, brutishly sensual creature, callously indifferent to his fellow man and even his own health, who lives only to record his private visions on canvas.It would be a mistake to read this novel as an inspiring tale of the triumph of the spirit. Strickland is an appalling human being--but the world itself, Maugham seems to say, is a cruel, forbidding place. The author toys with the (strongly Nietzschean) idea that men like Charles Strickland may somehow be closer to the mad pulse of life, and cannot therefore be dismissed as mere egotists. The moralists among us, the book suggests, are simply shrinking violets if not outright hypocrites. It is not a very cheery conception of humanity (and arguably not an accurate one), but the questions Maugham raises are fascinating. Aside from that, he's a wonderful storyteller. This book is a real page turner. Helfen Sie anderen Kunden bei der Suche nach den hilfreichsten Rezensionen
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"To recognize it (Beauty) you must repeat the adventure of the artist. It is a melody that he sings to you, and to hear it again in your own heart you want knowledge and sensitiveness and imagination." And so the narrator's friend passes along a bit of wisdom early in this magnificent book. Of course, the narrator does not understand and must, on his own, develop knowledge, sensitivity and imagination around the life of the fictionalized-Paul Gauguin, Charles Strickland.The narration is cunning and subtle throughout. The narrator begins as a young novitiate of life, sides with convention, utters a few misogynistic statements (which are good for a laugh/is this how women were viewed by some in the early 1900's?) and, oh so slowly, develops into a person of sensitivity and imagination. The transformation is subtle and quiet, ending with a physical return to the place where it all started. Those characters, who he had originally thought so highly of, are still the same, mean and opportunistic. He sees their stasis and reflects on the greatness of the man that he himself once thought mean. With each new Maugham book I read, I gain a deeper appreciation for the wonder of his writing. The story is effortless and at the same time loaded with significant themes that give me pause for consideration. Helfen Sie anderen Kunden bei der Suche nach den hilfreichsten Rezensionen
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Maugham writes a first-person narrative about an English painter / artist named Charles Strickland. The narrator is a struggling playwright who is in association with many artist types. During his various meetings, he becomes acquaintances with the wife of Charles Strickland. The Strickland's are a comfortable family until (at the age of forty-seven) Charles decides to throw away his marriage, his kids, and his career to paint. Strickland moves to Paris where he does odd jobs for money, plays chess, and paints when he is able to. According to the narrator, his pictures aren't any good, but Strickland is happy doing what he loves and doesn't care about the consequences. However, Strickland, is actually a genius and he leaves behind a trail of priceless masterpieces. The narrator has many interludes with Strickland while he lives in Paris and when he loses track of Strickland, he learns about Strickland's painting life on the island of Haiti. Strickland is not a likeable character. He doesn't care what people think about him and is pretty much self-centered and is synical. However, he is open about and will candidly point out that most people are self-centered. Strickland even steals the wife of a friend who helped him during one of his low times. Somehow, the narrator and Strickland form a friendly bond and the reader gets a chance to know Strickland personally. The book was interesting. The story's primary message is that about art and happiness: that one should be doing it for themselves and not for glory or money. In addition, that when one is doing what truly makes one happy that it is priceless.
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