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Based on the life of Paul Gauguin, The Moon and Sixpence is W. Somerset Maugham's 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 leaves the lives of those closest to him in tatters. Through Maugham's sympathetic eye Stricland's tortured and cruel soul becomes a symbol of the blessing and the curse of transcendent artistic genius, and the cost in humans lives it sometimes demands.
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- Book Details
- English Books
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3 stars 2 stars 1 star - Hardcover 244 Pages
- ISBN-10: 1404319026
- ISBN-13: 9781404319028
- Publisher: IndyPublish.com
- Pub date: Aug 01, 2002
- Dimensions: 23 cm x 16 cm x 2 cm Just how big is that?
- Also available as: Paperback, Hardcover, Audio CD, Audio Cassette and Others
- In other languages:
... and other languagesllibres en català and Libri Italiani
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