Description: Title The Razor's Edge (First Edition) Author Maugham, W. Somerset Keywords Jbh Condition Very Good Jacket Condition Very Good Binding Full Cloth Edition First Edition Thus Publisher Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc. Publisher Year 1944 Publisher Place Garden City Size 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Description FIRST EDITION thus. First trade edition after a signed, limited edition. Full black cloth with gilt lettering on the spine. Jacket has not been price clipped. Light wear to the extremities of the jacket. No previous owner's names, not exlibrary. Overall a VERY GOOD book in a VERY GOOD brodart protected dust jacket. A good gift. THE RAZOR'S EDGE is a book by W. Somerset Maugham published in 1944. Its epigraph reads, "The sharp edge of a razor is difficult to pass over; thus the wise say the path to Salvation is hard." taken from verse in the Katha-Upanishad. The Razor’s Edge tells the story of an American fighter pilot (Larry Darrell) traumatized by his experiences in World War I, who sets off in search of some transcendent meaning in his life. The novel is supposed to be based on the life of Guy Hague, an American mining engineer. The story begins through the eyes of Larry’s friends and acquaintances as they witness his personality change after the War. His rejection of conventional life and search for meaningful experience allows him to thrive while the more materialistic characters suffer reversals of fortune. The book was twice adapted into film, first in 1946 starring Tyrone Power and Gene Tierney, and Herbert Marshall as Maugham, and then a 1984 adaptation starring Bill Murray, with Tibet replacing India as the place of Larry’s enlightenment (the monastery to which Larry travels in the 1984 movie adaptation is in Ladakh, an Indian-ruled region sometimes called "Little Tibet"). Powered by eBay Turbo Lister The free listing tool. List your items fast and easy and manage your active items. Track Page Views WithAuctiva's FREE Counter
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