Acque morte

Само истински майстор може да разкаже толкова много, в относително кратък роман като този. Очарован съм от стила на Моъм още от първия ми досег до неговото творчество - гениалната "Луна и грош" и оттогава очаквам и получавам неизменно много. Ключово за стойността на романите му се явява почти свръхест Leggi tutto

Often a dinner invite by an old chum is the best : you know the host and probably the company. Food will be fine as well as the setting. Why rumble with unknowns, given your mood. Hence, I wanted to read the last unread MOM for me.....Underrated, unread today. MOM at his best. Inspired by Conrad...in Leggi tutto

«Gli dèi ridono quando gli uomini ottengono quel che desiderano» I personaggi letterari sono strane creature. Si affacciano, ti entrano nella mente. Crescono. Assumono talune, opportune, caratteristiche. Vivono in un certo ambiente. Di tanto in tanto ti accade di pensare a loro. A volte diventano un’ Leggi tutto

It is wonderful, as is everything by maughum i've found so far. He seems to write with no regard for what a novel is supposed to look like, and yet at the same time he has the literary equivalent of an interior clock, or perfect pitch. The timing, pacing and scope always seem just right, even when t Leggi tutto

*Warning: Mild Spoilers* Maugham is an elegant writer. There is no other way to describe him. His stories are not earth-shaking; his plots are ordinary; and his characters are extremely human and flawed. But when he mixes them together and seasons it with his magic prose, what we get is a tragic conc Leggi tutto

For me, one of life's pleasures is reading or rereading Somerset Maugham. The luster of his prose never dulls; his ability to capture a character vividly always intrigues. He never does this with anything as prosaic has a physical description or "He Said," but rather by revealing a telling thought