An edition of The Razor's Edge
(1944)
The razor's edge
a novel
by William Somerset Maugham
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This novel, supposedly based on the life of an acquaintance of Maugham, follows the fortunes of an American pilot who, traumatized by war, rejects his former conventional life to search for a more meaningful existence. After studying in Paris for two years he decides to travel, taking various menial jobs. Although being influenced by some of the people he meets it is not until he reaches India that he begins to find peace.
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World War, 1914-1918, Fiction, Veterans, Upper class, Travel, Americans, World War (1914-1918) fast (OCoLC)fst01180746, Yoga, Orientalism, Medicine in Literature, Voyages and travels, Nineteen twenties, Spiritual biography, British and irish fiction (fictional works by one author), Psychology, History, Air pilots, Chang pian xiao shuo, FrenchPlaces
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