Maugham, W.Somerset
On a Chinese Screen (Vintage classics)
- ISBN 13:
- 9780099289500
- author:
- Maugham, W.Somerset
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Vintage Classics
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2000
- Pages:
- 151
- Genre:
- Biography & Autobiography
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
W. Somerset Maugham's On a Chinese Screen is a collection of essays that chronicle his travels up the Yangtze River in 1919-20. Maugham's observations focus on the people he encountered, rather than the places themselves. He presents a nuanced and philosophical portrait of Westerners struggling to navigate the complexities of Chinese culture within their colonial communities. Through witty and incisive sketches, Maugham gently ridicules the obliviousness of missionaries, consuls, army officers, and company managers as they persist in their familiar lives.
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