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ISBN-10: 0375724567
ISBN-13: 9780375724565
Publisher: Vintage
Publish Date: 05/09/2000
Dimensions: 7.90" L, 5.20" W, 0.70" H

The Moon and Sixpence

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Overview

Based 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.

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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

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Details

ISBN-10: 0375724567
ISBN-13: 9780375724565
Publisher: Vintage
Publish Date: 05/09/2000
Dimensions: 7.90" L, 5.20" W, 0.70" H
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