Cakes and Ale roused a storm of controversy when it was first published in 1930. It is both a wickedly satirical novel about contemporary literary poseurs and a skillfully crafted study of freedom. It is also the book for which Maugham wanted most to be remembered.
William Somerset Maugham was born in Paris in 1874. He spoke French even before he spoke a word of English, a fact to which some critics attribute the purity of his style.
His parents died early and, after an unhappy boyhood, which he recorded poignantly in 'Of Human Bondage' , Maugham became a qualified physician. But writing was his true vocation. For ten years before his first success, he almost literally starved while pouring out novels and plays.
During World War I, Maugham worked for the British Secret Service . He travelled all over the world, and made many visits to America. After World War II, Maugham made his home in south of France and continued to move between England and Nice till his death in 1965.
或许没有什么比文坛众生相更光怪陆离更惹人捧腹了,有爱的作者们在八卦爆料同行人士时总是驾轻就熟不遗余力,毛姆自然是其中的佼佼者。于是从他的笔下我们知道费舒尔长着滑稽的好像被人打塌的扁平鼻子,福楼拜年届三十就床上乏力,陀氏却一直是纵情声色犬马,黄赌俱全,...
评分除了八卦 还有真情 书名:《寻欢作乐》 作者:萨默塞特·毛姆 译者:叶至尊 版次:凤凰出版传媒集团/译林出版社 2006年1月版 定价:18.50元 《寻欢作乐》的封底按照近年出书的惯例,印上几句来历不明的吹捧之词。马尔克斯说:“(毛姆...
评分读到整本书的最后一句话时,我忽然被感动了。 爱着一个人,并不妨碍你和其他人寻欢作乐。现在的人如果有这种境界,就不会有那么多要死要活的痴男怨女了。 在世俗眼中,这算是道德败坏。但人生在世,难免有种种脆弱和羁绊,能坚持内心那一点隐秘的爱,不愿说,无...
评分毛姆写小说的一贯风格是要介绍某个人物的时候用此人平时的说话做事风格,外貌衣着,给人的印象以及旁人对他的评价让大家了解到这是怎么一个人,活灵活现。在寻书中他写的基尔,罗西,乔治勋爵等无外不是如此。也就是说毛姆给予这些人鲜明的个性描写。我读整本书总感觉主角之一的德...
评分有一段公案,似乎经常被人们提起:英国著名小说家伊夫林·沃认为用第一人称单数来写小说是可鄙的。在小说写作方面,有很多方法技术是被认为讨巧的,作家一旦掌握了它们就像拥有了通往罗马的大道。然而这大道并非只有作家本人可以行走,那些以风格独树一帜的作家大多拥有一...
读到最后,并不是个cakes and ale 的故事
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评分Inspired me a new description of Lee Pace: Moonlight-like sunshine(重点错。。。
评分读得很痛苦,因为主线故事真的不算很吸引人,插叙和意识流又比较不自然。虽然偶尔讲到文坛的奇闻逸事和作者对文学、作家圈子的一些cliché非常有趣,文笔也还是一如既往的好,但我感觉这故事总像是一个道具,用来证明什么的道具,这种感觉不太喜欢吧。
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