The Partial View
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Edition: First ed.
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Good
A master of irony and human observation turns the lens inward in The Partial View, W. Somerset Maugham's compelling omnibus that brings together two of his most celebrated autobiographical works: The Summing Up and A Writer's Notebook. With unflinching candor and elegant precision, Maugham chronicles his intellectual development, his philosophy of life, and the craft of writing itself — offering an intimate window into the mind of one of the twentieth century's most widely read authors. This singular volume stands as an indispensable document of literary self-reflection, illustrating how a life spent in relentless observation of human nature translates into enduring prose. Maugham's style — spare, lucid, and quietly devastating — cuts through sentimentality to present hard-won truths about art, ambition, faith, and mortality. For readers who have long admired his fiction, The Partial View presents the man behind the stories, leaving one to wonder how much of what he saw in others he ultimately recognised in himself.
Author: W. Somerset Maugham
Format: Hardback
Published: 1954, William Heinemann Ltd
Genre: Biography
Edition: First ed.
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Good
A master of irony and human observation turns the lens inward in The Partial View, W. Somerset Maugham's compelling omnibus that brings together two of his most celebrated autobiographical works: The Summing Up and A Writer's Notebook. With unflinching candor and elegant precision, Maugham chronicles his intellectual development, his philosophy of life, and the craft of writing itself — offering an intimate window into the mind of one of the twentieth century's most widely read authors. This singular volume stands as an indispensable document of literary self-reflection, illustrating how a life spent in relentless observation of human nature translates into enduring prose. Maugham's style — spare, lucid, and quietly devastating — cuts through sentimentality to present hard-won truths about art, ambition, faith, and mortality. For readers who have long admired his fiction, The Partial View presents the man behind the stories, leaving one to wonder how much of what he saw in others he ultimately recognised in himself.