Сомерсет Моэм. Король Лир Лазурного Берега. Биография

Annotat͡sii͡a k knige "Somerset Moėm. Korolʹ Lir Lazurnogo Berega. Biografii͡a" Livergant A. I͡A.:Geroĭ ėtoĭ knigi byl odnim iz samykh talantlivykh i preuspevai͡ushchikh angliĭskikh pisateleĭ XX veka. Khoti͡a zhiznʹ on vel vpolne upori͡adochennui͡u i dazhe razmerennui͡u, ona okazalasʹ i͡arkoĭ i nasyshchennoĭ, v neĭ bylo mnogo vsego - li͡ubvi i nenavisti, druzeĭ i vragov, vstrech i puteshestviĭ, no samoe glavnoe - mnogo tvorchestva. Pro takikh, kak on, govori͡at - self-made man - chelovek, kotoryĭ sdelal sebi͡a sam. Prezhde chem statʹ pisatelem, Moėm rabotal vrachom, uchastvoval v Pervoĭ mirovoĭ voĭne, a sniskav slavu na literaturnom poprishche, poproboval sebi͡a v roli agenta britanskoĭ razvedki, i v ėtom kachestve emu udalosʹ pobyvatʹ v Rossii v samyĭ razgar revoli͡ut͡sionnykh sobytiĭ 1917 goda. Pʹesy Somerseta Moėma ne skhodi͡at s teatralʹnykh podmostkov i v nashi dni, ego romany stali klassikoĭ. V prilozhenii k biografii znamenitogo pisateli͡a predstavleny ego putevye ocherki, perevedennye avtorom knigi. Chitatʹ dalʹshe…

Summary of the book "Somerset Maugham. King Lear of the Cote d'Azur. Biography" Livergant A. Ya.: The hero of this book was one of the most talented and successful English writers of the XX century. Although his life was quite orderly and even measured, it turned out to be bright and eventful, there was a lot of everything in it — love and hate, friends and enemies, meetings and travels, but most importantly — a lot of creativity. They say about people like him — self-made man — a man who made himself. Before becoming a writer, Maugham worked as a doctor, participated in the First World War, and after gaining fame in the literary field, tried himself as an agent of British intelligence, and in this capacity he managed to visit Russia at the height of the revolutionary events of 1917. Somerset Maugham's plays do not leave the stage these days, his novels have become classics. The appendix to the biography of the famous writer presents his travel essays, translated by the author of the book. Read more…