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The Skeptical Romancer

The Skeptical Romancer

Name: The Skeptical Romancer
ISBN: 9780307947635

W. Somerset Maugham

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W. Somerset Maugham was one of the seminal writers of the twentieth century, and his travel writing has long been considered among his finest work. Now, acclaimed travel writer Pico Iyer maps out a masterful tour of these vivid, evocative pieces that are collected here for the first time. Maugham worked as a secret agent in Russia, published novels in London, staged plays in New York, and traveled throughout Europe, Asia, India, and the United States, chronicling his travels, wherever he went, with exceptional insight. Beginning with “In the Land of the Blessed Virgin” and culminating in “A Partial View,” Iyer selects vignettes of Maugham’s razor-sharp prose that track his transformation from a boyish traveler in Spain to a worldly man of letters. This is Maugham at his most keenly observant, direct, and powerful.

Kategorien:

Travel - Travel Writing

Jahr:

2012

Verlag:

Vintage

Sprache:

english

Seiten:

272

ISBN 10:

0307947637