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The Razor's Edge is a 1944 novel by W. Somerset Maugham. It 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. The story begins through the eyes of Larry's friends and acquaintances as they witness his personality change after the ...
- W. Somerset Maugham
- United States
- 1944
- English
(Book 570 From 1001 Books) - The Razor’s Edge – William Somerset Maugham The Razor's Edge is a novel by W. Somerset Maugham. The book was first published in 1944. It 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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The Razor’s Edge, philosophical novel by W. Somerset Maugham, published in 1944. The novel is concerned in large part with the search for the meaning of life and with the dichotomy between materialism and spirituality. Set in Chicago, Paris, and India in the 1920s and ’30s, it involves characters.
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The Razor's Edge by W. Somerset Maugham The sharp edge of a razor is difficult to pass over; thus the wise say the path to Salvation is hard. KATHA-UPANISHAD CONTENTS Chapter One Chapter Two Chapter Three Chapter Four Chapter Five Chapter Six Chapter Seven THE RAZOR'S EDGE Chapter One (i) I have never begun a novel with more misgiving.
W. Somerset Maugham (1874-1965) wrote The Razor’s Edge in 1944. The novel’s title comes from a quotation translated from the Katha Upanishad, with the assistance of Christopher Isherwood: “Rise, wake up, seek the wise and realize. The path is difficult to cross like the sharpened edge of the razor."
Jan 1, 2003 · The Razor's Edge. Paperback – January 1, 2003. Larry Darrell is a young American in search of the absolute. The progress of this spiritual odyssey involves him with some of Maugham's most brillant characters - his fiancee Isabel, whose choice between love and wealth have lifelong repercussions, and Elliot Templeton, her uncle, a classic ...
- W. Somerset Maugham
Like. “Almost all the people who’ve had the most effect on me I seem to have met by chance, yet looking back it seems as though I couldn’t but have met them.”. ― W. Somerset Maugham, The Razor’s Edge. 131 likes. Like. “Its a toss-up when you decide to leave the beaten track. Many are called, few are chosen.”.
