The Razor's Edge

W. Somerset Maugham

За особеностите на екземпляра

Състояние:: Много добро
Забележка:: Леки забележки по корицата. Следи от времето.
Език:: Английски
Наличност:: 1 бр.

За изданието

Издателство:: Penguin Books
Град на издаване:: London
Година:: 1985 г.
Език:: Английски
Страници:: 313
Корици:: Меки
Категория:: Чужда проза

The novel tells the story of Larry Darrell, a young American pilot traumatized by his experiences in World War I, who returns to Chicago in search of something more meaningful than the conventional pursuit of wealth and status. Despite the intense pressure from his beautiful fiancée, Isabel, and high-society expectations, Larry rejects a lucrative career in stockbroking and embarks on a profound spiritual odyssey. His journey takes him from the bohemian bohemian circles of Paris to a remote ashram in India, seeking ultimate truths and a way to live a selfless life. Narrated in the first person by Maugham himself, who enters and exits the narrative as an observer, the book delivers a masterful contrast between one man's quiet quest for enlightenment and the shallow, materialistic values of the post-war Western world.

Ключови думи: The Razor's Edge, W. Somerset Maugham