Author: William Somerset MaughamPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Authors, English
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
Author: William Somerset MaughamOn a Chinese Screen
Author: W. Somerset MaughamPublisher: Standard Ebooks
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 194
Book Description
On a Chinese Screen was first published in 1922 by Heinemann Publishers, London. Its 58 short vignettes are based on Maugham’s travels along the Yangtze River from 1919 to 1920. Although later editions of the book added the subtitle “Sketches of Life in China,” there are actually only a few descriptions of the places he visited and the local Chinese people he met; rather, Maugham focuses on relaying his encounters with a range of Europeans living and working in the country. Maugham is quite critical of many of them and their lack of interest in, and sometimes disdain, for the country and its people, except for the extent to which their careers and pockets could benefit. His sketches highlight the difficulties that many expatriates encounter while living in a foreign culture. This book is part of the Standard Ebooks project, which produces free public domain ebooks.
On a Chinese Screen (Jovian Press)
Author: W. Somerset MaughamPublisher:
ISBN: 9781548163556
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
ON A CHINESE SCREEN is a sequence of remarkable vignettes of Europeans residents in China just after the First World War -Westerners culturally out of their depth in the immensity of the Chinese civilisation. Somerset Maugham, who travelled over a thousand miles up the Yangtse river, used his acerbic and insightful notes to write this fascinating book.
On a Chinese Screen
Author: W. Somerset MaughamPublisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781523213542
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
ON A CHINESE SCREEN is a sequence of remarkable vignettes of Europeans residents in China just after the First World War -Westerners culturally out of their depth in the immensity of the Chinese civilisation. Somerset Maugham, who travelled over a thousand miles up the Yangtse river, used his acerbic and insightful notes to write this fascinating book.
On a Chinese Screen
Author: W. Somerset MaughamPublisher:
ISBN: 9781722440879
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description
On a Chinese Screen is a sequence of remarkable vignettes of Europeans residents in China just after the First World War -Westerners culturally out of their depth in the immensity of the Chinese civilisation. Somerset Maugham, who travelled over a thousand miles up the Yangtse river, used his acerbic and insightful notes to write this fascinating book.
ON A CHINESE SCREEN & THE LAND OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN (A Collection of Travel Sketches & Articles)
Author: William Somerset MaughamPublisher: e-artnow
ISBN: 8027202396
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 354
Book Description
The Land of the Blessed Virgin, also known as The Land of the Blessed Virgin: Sketches and Impressions in Andalusia, is a travel book by W. Somerset Maugham. It is a series of sketches and impressions he made and collected during his travels around Spain. On a Chinese Screen, also known as On a Chinese Screen: Sketches of Life in China, is a travel book by W. Somerset Maugham. It is a series of short sketches Maugham made during a trip along the Yangtze River in 1919-1920, and although ostensibly about China the book is equally focused on the various westerners he met during the trip and their struggles to accept or adapt to the cultural differences they encounter, which are often as enormous and as alienating as the country itself. William Somerset Maugham (1874 - 1965) was a British playwright, novelist and short story writer. He was among the most popular writers of his era and reputedly the highest paid author during the 1930s.
Author: W. Maugham
Author: W. Somerset MaughamAdapted for the Screen
Author: Hsiu-Chuang DeppmanPublisher: University of Hawaii Press
ISBN: 0824833732
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
Hsiu-Chang Deppman puts landmark contemporary Chinese films in the context of their literary origins & explores how the best Chinese directors adapt fictional narratives & styles for film.
