El filo de la navaja
Written by W. Somerset Maugham
Narrated by J. M. Martinez
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W. Somerset Maugham
William Somerset Maugham was born in Paris, on January 25th, 1874. Orphaned by the age of ten, he moved to England to live with an uncle. He received his education in England and Germany, studying medicine and graduating as a physician.Eschewing his education, Maugham instead became a full-time writer. His first novel, Liza of Lambeth, was published in 1897, but he soon established his reputation as a successful playwright. In time he wrote 32 plays, and abandoned the theater scene by 1933.He wrote nineteen novels, of which Of Human Bondage (1915), The Moon and Sixpence (1919), The Painted Veil (1925), Cakes and Ale (1930), and The Razor's Edge (1944), are considered classics of early 20th century literature.Maugham was a restless and inquisitive soul, and his travels and his sympathies with the working class often formed the basis of characters and settings. Maugham also had a tendency to insert auto-biographical aspects into his work, most infamously in the Ashenden stories, based on his time with the British Secret Service during WWI.Throughout his life, Maugham faced many personal challenges. Romantic struggles and speculation of his sexual identity were only exacerbated publicly by his popularity amongst readers. He had an extended affair with Syrie Wellcome, who gave birth to his only child, May Elizabeth "Liza," in 1915, formalizing their relationship by marriage in 1917. Maugham's relationship with Frederick Gerald Haxton-his long-standing secretary/companion-& constant traveling, eventually caused a rift in the marriage, ending in divorce in 1929.He experienced great financial success with his works, many of which were adapted for radio, stage, film & TV; though the same could not be said for critical approval amongst the literary community, which was uneven at best. He died December 16th 1965, in Nice, France.In his later years, Maugham continued to beguile critics and fans alike-as author Pico Iyer writes, "The riddle he presents us with is how a stammering, conventional-seeming Edwardian, writing in civil service prose, could somehow become the spokesman of hippies, black magicians and stockbrokers throwing it all over for Tahiti. His books are measured explorations of extravagance."
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Fueron muchas horas , pero esperaba con curiosidad el momento de reanudar mi escucha, es decir, mi lectura. Fue como saborear un licor de muy diversos matices, pero al que le encuentras la unidad suficiente para hallarle una identidad y cohesión. Pues así me resultó esta lectura. Temas y personajes bien desarrollados, el lector se involucra con la intimidad de cada personaje y tanto detalle no resulta superfluo. Buena lectura del narrador, con intención e intensidad. Muy recomendable.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Magnífica novela. Larry el protagonista, tiene ya una vida diseñada para él por la sociedad: una vida de éxito profesional y social como una relación sentimental acorde con su estatus. Pero Larry no encuentra ningún sentido a ese tipo de vida y dice a su prometida que necesita un tiempo para pensar. Viaja durante un tiempo hasta que llega a la india donde realmente va a culminar su búsqueda interior y va a encontrar el sentido a la vida y la felicidad y en definitiva serán contra sí mismo. El audiolibro es estupendo con música y efectos. Creo que le gustará a todo el que lo escuche.
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Muy buenas frases y reflexiones pero innnesaria y excesivamente extenso libro,
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Cada persona apuesta por sus luces o por sus sombras.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5La historia te atrapa desde el primer momento, muchos puntos que quizá jamás lo hubiera imaginado, disfrute minuto a minuto, segundo a segundo de este magnífico audiolibro y saber que es una historia que el mismo escritor la vivió. Y la narración magistral. Encantado de haber podido escuchar.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Agradablemente narrado, lo disfruté bastante, comparo el viaje de Larry con el de Supertramp de la novela de Into the Wild, ambos buscan su vida en otra parte y ambos terminan igual, sin dinero pero con felicidad, y el resto de los personajes representan de distintas maneras el camino de la vida.
Aunque hubo ciertas expresiones que me parecieron algo machistas seguro por la época que se evoca pero, a pesar de eso se lo recomendaría a alguien sin dudar. - Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Es un buen libro, con contenido interesante. Da una buena perspectiva de la vida y lo que buscamos de ella.