威廉·萨默塞特·毛姆(William Somerset Maugham,1874 -1965),英国小说家,剧作家,被誉为“故事圣手”。
生于巴黎,十岁前父母双亡,由叔叔接回英国抚养,因身材矮小,说话结巴,总被同龄人欺凌,性格孤僻敏感。
18岁在伦敦学医,后弃医从文。23岁时发表首部小说《兰贝斯的丽莎》,从此走上文学创作的道路。人生经历奇特,他做过助产,做过间谍,做过演员,做过救护车司机;他做过丈夫,做过情人,拒绝过女人的求婚,他的求婚也被另一个女人拒绝;他自称“四分之三喜欢女人,只有四分之一喜欢男人”。
在文学界,毛姆是一个优雅、老到、冷漠的人性观察者,几乎每一个人都能在他的故事中看到自己,这也让毛姆成为二十世纪炙手可热的作家。
他的后半生住在一座仙境般的别墅里,晚年几乎获得了整个欧洲文学界的一切殊荣。91岁时,逝于法国。
经典代表作:《月亮与六便士》《人性的枷锁》。
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. . . .
初次知道这本书,是在读刘瑜的《送你一颗子弹》随笔中提到的。他讲述了一个极致普通的银行职员突然在某一天抛下自己一切身份与牵挂,甩手追求个人理想与宿命—绘画,并最终将自己的作品付诸一炬的故事。当然用这一长句没心没肺的话来概括毛姆这部情节丰富,个人命运跌宕的小说...
评分 评分初次知道这本书,是在读刘瑜的《送你一颗子弹》随笔中提到的。他讲述了一个极致普通的银行职员突然在某一天抛下自己一切身份与牵挂,甩手追求个人理想与宿命—绘画,并最终将自己的作品付诸一炬的故事。当然用这一长句没心没肺的话来概括毛姆这部情节丰富,个人命运跌宕的小说...
评分你肯定有这样一个朋友吧:在银行工作,长得一般,业务凑合,有老婆孩子,勤勤恳恳养家糊口,不爱说话,但如果开口说话,说的话也多半无趣无味——总之形象非常白开水,在任何一个社交场合都是角落里不大起眼的人。事实上你肯定有不止一个这样的朋友,事实上你自己没准就是这样...
评分读毛姆的《月亮和六便士》,我想没人不会被最后因麻风病失明的斯特里克兰德坐在壁画环绕的大溪地岛土屋的肃穆景象所深深震撼、感动。这是一个为了理想放弃全部道德、责任与世俗生活,四十岁上抛家弃子,为了追求美真正献祭出全部灵魂的人物。斯特里克兰德生前穷困潦倒,对除画...
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评分生存和生活 永远在相互斗争。 满地都是六便士 他却抬头看月亮。
评分每天轻轨上能读半个小时。。。很流畅的感觉。。。争取睡前也读半小时,不要被圆爷带进睡觉的大坑里。。。熬了一夜的麻麻,就是这么亢奋。。。
评分毛姆的文采也是一流了,直追老费,而字里行间戏谑的小诙谐又恍惚有些王尔德的味道;故事是高更的故事,并不励志鸡汤,个人和社会的终极矛盾,真、善、美这些需要超越人类极限的努力去触及的永恒,这样自古不破的bildungsroman,百看不厌!
评分第一本英文原著,Kindle上面阅读,历时14天。这周内完成阅读记录。
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