WRITER'S NOTEBOOK, A

作者 W. Somerset Maugham著
出版社 Random House US
出版时间 2009年10月第1版
ISBN 9780307473196
定价 146.00

内容简介

Filledwithkeenobservations,autobiographicalnotes,andtheseedsofmanyofMaugham'sgreatestworks,AWriter'sNotebookisauniqueandexhilaratinglookintoagreatwriter'smindatwork.Fromnearlyfivedecades,SomersetMaughamrecordedanintimatejournal.Initweseethebuddingofhisincomparablevisionandhisremarkablecareerasawriter.CoveringtheyearsfromhistimeasayouthfulmedicalstudentinLondontoaseasonedworldtraveleraroundtheworld,itisplayful,sharpwitted,andalwaysrevealing.Undoubtedlyoneofhismostsignificantworks,AWriter'sNotebookisamustforMaughamfansandanyoneinterestedinthecreativeprocess.

作者简介

W.SomersetMaughamwasoneofthetwentiethcentury'smostpopularnovelists,aswellasacelebratedplaywright,critic,andshortstorywriter.HewasborninParisbutgrewupinEnglandandservedassecretagentfortheBritishduringWorldWarI.Hewrotemanynovels,includingtheclassicsOfHumanBondage,TheRazor'sEdge,CakesandAle,ChristmasHoliday,MoonandSixpence,Theatre,andUpattheVilla.