Une pure merveille !
Un roman d'une grande beauté, drôle, fin, extrêmement lumineux sur des sujets difficiles : la perte de
l'être aimé, la dureté de la vie et la tristesse qu'on barricade parfois... Elise franco-japonaise,
orpheline de sa maman veut poser LA question à son père et elle en trouvera le courage au fil des pages,
grâce au retour de sa grand-mère du japon, de sa rencontre avec son extravagante amie Stella..
Ensemble il ne diront plus Sayonara mais Mata Ne !
One of Maugham's rare experiments with form, The Merry-Go-Round is a trio of stories that portrays a wide spectrum
of life in the backstreets, suburbs...
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One of Maugham's rare experiments with form, The Merry-Go-Round is a trio of stories that portrays a wide spectrum
of life in the backstreets, suburbs and society off Edwardian London. Sharply depicting all the weighty power of convention and the complexity of social interaction, the stories are linked by one of his most endearing characters.
It is through the shrewd eyes of Miss Ley, a delightfully witty and independent spinster, that the reader sees a chaotic vision of human love and reason: the daughter of a Dean's brief but happy marriage to a dying poet; a woman whose adulterous passion for a young rogue serves to make her a more sympathetic wife; and - a favourite idea of Maugham's - an honourable man's decision to take a virtue to extremes.