Catalina Then And Now
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Author: W. Somerset Maugham
Binding: Hardback
Published: HERON BOOKS, LONDON, 1968
Condition:
Book: Good
Jacket: N/A
Pages: Good
Markings: No markings
W. Somerset Maugham casts his keen, dispassionate eye upon Catalina Island, that isolated crescent off the California coast, examining it not as a holiday destination, but as an elegant, slightly mournful repository for shattered illusions. In Catalina Then and Now, the contrast between the island's past promise—the roaring twenties’ glamour and the assurance of perfect escape—and its present reality becomes the central theme, revealing the slow decay of beauty and hope among its transient population. We meet a collection of weary souls—the expatriate proprietor who finds no redemption in exile, the faded starlet clinging desperately to anonymity, and the disillusioned seeker who discovers that even in Avalon, human vanity and moral weakness persist like the persistent sea fog—all exposed by Maugham’s cool analysis of those who mistakenly believe a change in latitude can cure a fatal flaw in character.
Author: W. Somerset Maugham
Binding: Hardback
Published: HERON BOOKS, LONDON, 1968
Condition:
Book: Good
Jacket: N/A
Pages: Good
Markings: No markings
W. Somerset Maugham casts his keen, dispassionate eye upon Catalina Island, that isolated crescent off the California coast, examining it not as a holiday destination, but as an elegant, slightly mournful repository for shattered illusions. In Catalina Then and Now, the contrast between the island's past promise—the roaring twenties’ glamour and the assurance of perfect escape—and its present reality becomes the central theme, revealing the slow decay of beauty and hope among its transient population. We meet a collection of weary souls—the expatriate proprietor who finds no redemption in exile, the faded starlet clinging desperately to anonymity, and the disillusioned seeker who discovers that even in Avalon, human vanity and moral weakness persist like the persistent sea fog—all exposed by Maugham’s cool analysis of those who mistakenly believe a change in latitude can cure a fatal flaw in character.