Oct 09 2022 to Oct 09 2022 11:30 a.m.

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Where

Urban Solace

32, Annaswamy Mudaliar Rd, Ulsoor 560042

Event Description

BOOK UNDER REVIEW: The Razor’s Edge - by Somerset Maugham

DATE: 9-10-2021

TIME: 11.30 am to 1 pm

ENTRY COVER : FREE

VENUE: URBAN SOLACE – CAFÉ FOR THE SOUL ADDRESS: 32 ANNASWAMY MUDALIAR ROAD, BANGALORE 560 042 (OPPOSITE ULSOOR LAKE, NEXT TO TAMIL SANGAM)

TABLE BOOKING CALL: 98450 13055 / 99450 22177 or Follow us on Facebook: Urban Solace – Café for the Soul and Instagram: @myurbansolace

ABOUT THE BOOK: The Razor’s Edge - by Somerset Maugham

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 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 novel's title comes from a translation of a verse in the Katha Upanishad, paraphrased in the book's epigraph as: "The sharp edge of a razor is difficult to pass over; thus the wise say the path to Salvation is hard." The book has twice been adapted into film: first in 1946 starring Tyrone Power and Gene Tierney, with Herbert Marshall as Maugham and Anne Baxter as Sophie, and then a 1984 adaptation starring Bill Murray. About the Author: Somerset Maugham William Somerset Maugham was born in Paris in 1874. He spoke French even before he spoke a word of English, a fact to which some critics attribute the purity of his style. His parents died early and, after an unhappy boyhood, which he recorded poignantly in Of Human Bondage, Maugham became a qualified physician. But writing was his true vocation. For ten years before his first success, he almost literally starved while pouring out novels and plays. Maugham wrote at a time when experimental modernist literature such as that of William Faulkner, Thomas Mann, James Joyce and Virginia Woolf was gaining increasing popularity and winning critical acclaim. In this context, his plain prose style was criticized as 'such a tissue of clichés' that one's wonder is finally aroused at the writer's ability to assemble so many and at his unfailing inability to put anything in an individual way. During World War I, Maugham worked for the British Secret Service . He travelled all over the world, and made many visits to America. After World War II, Maugham made his home in south of France and continued to move between England and Nice till his death in 1965. About The Curator: Anupa K. Ramana Anupa enjoys books, history, mythology, and also oration, poetry, the written word, theatre and the movies. All of these interests combine in her selection of the classic ‘The Razor's Edge’ by W. Somerset Maugham for her once-a-year presentation at The Urban Solace Book Lover’s Club. She also weaves these interests into her chosen vocation of school-teaching Social Studies and English. Anupa is a trained, qualified and experienced Teacher for English Language and Literature at the Higher Level, for the IB Diploma Program. In her earlier life, she was an experienced Human Resources professional. She has specialised as a Trainer, Values and Culture Interventionist, Leadership Coach for professional organizations, and Change Management Specialist.