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William Somerset Maugham 著

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出版社： Vintage Uk

ISBN：9780099284765

商品编码：1667058615

她允許我愛她，這樣我就覺得幸福瞭

The Moon and Sixpence

Author：William Somerset Maugham

Paperback: 224 pages

Publisher: Vintage Classics; New Ed edition ( 1999-9-2 )

Language: English

ISBN-10: 0099284766

ISBN-13: 978-0099284765

Product Dimensions: 12.8 x 1.5 x 19.8 cm

內容簡介

Charles Strickland, a conventional stockbroker, abandons his wife and children for Paris and Tahiti, to live his life as a painter. Whilst his betrayal of family, duty and honour gives him the freedom to achieve greatness, his decision leads to an obsession which carries severe implications. Inspired by the life of Paul Gauguin, The Moon and Sixpence is at once a satiric caricature of Edwardian conventions and a vivid portrayal of the mentality of a genius.

Book Des cription

Stunningly rejacketed as part of a major reinvigoration of this neglected 20th century master

From the Back Cover

Charles Strickland, a conventional stockbroker, abandons his wife and children for Paris and Tahiti, to live his life as a painter. Whilst his betrayal of family, duty and honour gives him the freedom to achieve greatness, his decision leads to an obsession which carries severe implications. Inspired by the life of Paul Gauguin, The Moon and Sixpence is at once a satiric caricature of Edwardian conventions and a vivid portrayal of the mentality of a genius.

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伊索寓言中有一篇兔子與獵狗的故事。獵狗追趕一隻兔子，追瞭很久也沒有抓住它。獵人責備獵狗連一隻兔子也追不上，獵狗卻說：“我是為瞭一頓飯而奔跑，兔子卻是為瞭逃命。我又怎麼可能追得上它呢？”

後來讀《月亮與六便士》，思特裏剋蘭德拋傢棄子去瞭巴黎之後，對來尋他的人說：“我必須畫畫兒。一個人要是掉進瞭水裏，他遊泳遊得好不好是無關緊要的，反正他得掙紮齣去。要不就得淹死。”

為瞭生命而做的事。這不是一種主動選擇，而是一種身不由己。

滿地都是六便士，他卻抬頭看見瞭月亮。他不理睬六便士，卻伸手追尋觸碰月光。

畫畫是思特裏剋蘭德的月亮。他為此於不惑之年拋棄瞭自己已經獲得的一切：工作、財富、名譽、地位、妻子兒女。我並不打算贊揚他的勇氣，卻也難以譴責他的鐵石心腸和不負責任。因為於他而言，畫畫就像是命運，是明知道卻也逃不掉，還要主動去追求，不斷掙紮於其中的可怕的噩運。事實上，這本書若隻是寫瞭這樣一個背井離鄉的落魄畫傢，是不會給我如此的衝擊的。思特裏剋蘭德身上所令人痛恨卻又無法不欽佩的一點就是，他活著就隻有畫畫。他不在意道德的譴責，不介意生活的睏窘，他不需要愛情，甚至於在孤島之上滿身膿瘡雙目失明也在所不惜。

“我好像感覺到一種猛烈的力量正在他的身體裏麵奮力掙紮，我覺得這種力量非常強大、壓倒一切，仿佛違拗這他自己的意誌，並把它緊緊抓在手中。他似乎真的叫魔鬼附體瞭。”

或許這就是真正的理想。

上瞭大學之後常常有人問我以後要做什麼。我總是說還不知道，事實上我也的確是還不確定，我腦海中的關於未來的影子隻屬於我自己，我不想也羞於與他人分享。我度過瞭順風順水的18年，每一個轉摺點都平緩而相對完滿。我有足夠的信心，或者說是足夠的順應現實的勇氣，去麵對未來那個關於求生之術的終結局。我是埋頭於六便士們的庸俗一群，但並不感覺悲哀。這個世界上並不是所有人都需要驚天動地的成就，並不是所有人都能夠像故事的主人公那樣執著而痛苦地尋求自己的生命。

讀完這本小說，我感動於那個不顧一切的瘋子，同情、欽佩而又滿心羨慕。但我終究是個現實又俗氣的人，安安全全平平淡淡的生活怕是更加適閤我。我也知道這樣的生活更使我幸福。

嚮日葵該嫁給陽光還是澆花的少年？還是讓嚮日葵自己決定吧。

作者簡介

William Somerset Maugham was born in 1874 and lived in Paris until he was ten. He was educated at King's School, Canterbury, and at Heidelberg University. He spent some time at St. Thomas' Hospital with the idea of practising medicine, but the success of his first novel, Liza of Lambeth, published in 1897, won him over to literature. Of Human Bondage, the first of his masterpieces, came out in 1915, and with the publication in 1919 of The Moon and Sixpence his reputation as a novelist was established. At the same time his fame as a successful playwright and writer was being consolidated with acclaimed productions of various plays and the publication of several short story collections. His other works include travel books, essays, criticism and the autobiographical The Summing Up and A Writer's Notebook.

In 1927 Somerset Maugham settled in the South of France and lived there until his death in 1965

 

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