By 1938, Maugham had become a legend as a playwright, novelist and magician of the short story. He then wrote The Summing Up to give some account of how he learned his craft and why he became such an acute observer of human beings.
No one can tell the whole truth about himself. It is not only vanity that has...
Jean
毛姆六十四岁写的”总结”. 薄薄一本. 公认的毛姆所有作品里最像自传的. 刚看了四分之一(59/203). 不知道自己能不能看完,不知道是不是后面还有更有趣的笔记.因为有感慨,...
Jean
小书后半部分涉及题材很杂,从为人处事,到写作,到旅行,到老年人的幸福,到生之为何这样哲学性的大题目,最后很没有创意的以真善美结束. 有不少看得我一头雾水.所以只好挑自...
Jean
[看到146页,这次评到103页.一共203页.] 毛姆对注重阳春白雪的学术界有着很深的反感. <blockquote> Art should be appreciated with passion and violence, not with a t...
福州贴饭
虽然Maugham在本书中第一句就清楚地表明：“This is not an autobiography nor is it a book of recollections”，但是他的文字却是如此的真诚和直白，...
