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This one of my favorite books of any author.
Maugham is known for his terrific and terrible novel "The moon and sixpence", and his understanding of a transcending human being's upward reach has found a genuine hero this time. Larry, as opposite to all other people striving for various things (or combination of things) in life, was able to find a sense of peace and transcendence that he is truly at home with. He is beyond many human desires and temptations (money, social position, even romantic l ...more
Maugham is known for his terrific and terrible novel "The moon and sixpence", and his understanding of a transcending human being's upward reach has found a genuine hero this time. Larry, as opposite to all other people striving for various things (or combination of things) in life, was able to find a sense of peace and transcendence that he is truly at home with. He is beyond many human desires and temptations (money, social position, even romantic l ...more
