The Razor's Edge
A great 1944 hardcover edition of The Razor's Edge by W. Somerset Maugham, published by The Blakiston Company in Philadelphia. The book measures 8 inches tall by 5 3/4 inches wide. and has 250 pages. "The sharp edge of a razor is difficult to pass over; thus the wise say the path to Salvation...
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A great 1944 hardcover edition of The Razor's Edge by W. Somerset Maugham, published by The Blakiston Company in Philadelphia. The book measures 8 inches tall by 5 3/4 inches wide. and has 250 pages.
"The sharp edge of a razor is difficult to pass over; thus the wise say the path to Salvation is hard," taken from a verse in the Katha-Upanishad. The Razor's Edge tells the story of Larry Darrell, an American pilot traumatized by his experiences in World War I, who sets off in search of some transcendent meaning in his life.
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Format: hardcover
ASIN: B00FINAXGU
Publish date: 1944
Publisher: The Blakiston Company
Pages no: 250
Edition language: English
Category:
Classics,
Novels,
Literature,
European Literature,
British Literature,
Book Club,
Historical Fiction,
Classic Literature,
Literary Fiction,
20th Century,
Philosophy
From its widest scope, The Razor’s Edge looks at the meaning of life from at least six different viewpoints. Those views belong to six characters (or seven if you include the author, W. Somerset Maugham, who plays himself in this novel), all of whom live in the privileged classes in the years betwee...
When I heard about Maughan, he always seemed like one of those semi-comprehensible pretentious authors, whose readership stemmed more from "intellectual" duty than genuine appreciation.I was surprised when I discovered Maughan is not just an easygoing author, his prose is descriptive and almost poet...
Had to force myself to finish this novel. I'm not really into classic novels, but I wanted to try a new genre. The story itself was good, but the way the author wrote and the slow pace of this novel made it such a drag to read. There were some high points reading this, but I just wanted to sleep thr...
4.5
Last year while working at Clearwater, a music festival in New York, a coworker told me that this book changed her life. And this girl was not one for hyperbole. At least not books. Puppies, sure. Ice cream probably. But not books. So this was a recommendation to consider.'The Razor's Edge' may not ...
12 years ago
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