The Skeptical Romancer
Selected Travel Writing
W. Somerset Maugham was one of the seminal writers of the twentieth century, and his travel writing has long been considered among his finest work. Now, acclaimed travel writer Pico Iyer maps out a masterful tour of these vivid, evocative pieces that are collected here for the first time.Maugham worked as a secret agent in Russia, published novels in London, staged plays in New York, and traveled throughout Europe, Asia, India, and the United States, chronicling his travels, wherever he went, with exceptional insight. Beginning with In the Land of the Blessed Virgin” and culminating in A Partial View,” Iyer selects vignettes of Maugham's razo…
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Weitere Autoren: Iyer, Pico / Iyer, Pico
- ISBN: 978-0-307-27212-6
- EAN: 9780307272126
- Produktnummer: 4993841
- Verlag: Random House N.Y.
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2009
- Seitenangabe: 248 S.
- Masse: H21.1 cm x B13.7 cm x D2.2 cm 388 g
- Gewicht: 388
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W. Somerset Maugham, author of such novels as Cakes and Ale and Of Human Bondage, was born in 1874 and died in 1965. His books have sold nearly 40 million copies.Pico Iyer is the author of many books about travel, including Video Night in Kathmandu. His most recent book is The Open Road.
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