Collected Stories W Somerset Maugham Everyman&Apos S Library Αγγλικά Βιβλία Fiction Essays And Literary Reference

Though W Somerset Maugham Was Also Famous For His Novels And Plays It Has Been Argued That In The Short Story He Reached Pinnacle Of Art True Métier These Expertly Told Tales With Their Addictive Plot Twists Vividly Drawn Characters Are Both Galvanizing As Literature Wonderfully Entertaining Adventures Alter Ego Ashenden A Writer Who (Like Himself) Turned Secret Agent World War I Well Stories Set Such Far-Flung Locales South Pacific Islands Colonial Outposts Southeast Asia Brings To Life Humanity Is More Convincing Author\ S Merciless Exposure Flaws Failures Whether Chasms Misunderstanding Plumbs Those Between Colonizers Natives Missionary Prostitute Or Poetry-Writing Woman Her Uncomprehending Husband Brilliantly Displays Irony Wit Genius Storytelling Σελίδες: 848 Διαστάσεις: 13 6X13 6Cm