{"product_id":"2026200014942-secondhand-the-partial-view","title":"The Partial View","description":"\u003cp\u003eEdition: First ed.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA 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.\n\nThis 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49203160482011,"sku":"2026200014942-SECONDHAND","price":50.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/2d49bd50-10f2-47eb-a129-a9c70358cd69.png?v=1788144744","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200014942-secondhand-the-partial-view","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}