Beautifully written | Rain and Other South Sea Stories (Thrift Edition)

A Mixed Bag | Rain and Other South Sea Stories (Thrift Edition) | W. Somerset Maugham

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	• Rain and Other South Sea Stories (Thrift Edition) W. Somerset Maugham Dover Publications, 2005 - 176 pages average customer review:based on 3 reviews view larger image
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Somber, short pieces that are wonderfully morose& beautiful

Worth buying, Asia is still much like this under the glitz and glamour. The essence is captured!

Beautifully written

The story Rain is extraordinarily memorable. I recommend this book, though it's definitely not upbeat!

A Mixed Bag

This collection of short stories is a very mixed bag. They all capture the essence and mood of the surroundings but the stories vary greatly in their readability.

"Rain" and "The Fall of Edward Barnard" are, as I read them, the best in the collection. The action moves along quickly, characters are well-developed and the reader is drawn into the mood immediately.

"Mackintosh" and "Honolulu" are very slow moving. Getting into these two is difficult and takes patience on the part of the reader.The paragraphs and sentences are very long (Faulkner-esque) and at times, tedious.

"Red" and "The Pool" fall somewhere in between the others. These stories are full of excellent descriptions while moving predictably along to the conclusions.

The stories here are not upbeat and the women characters are various shades of annoying, stupid or boring. Nevertheless, I would not hesitate to recommend this collection.

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This collection features one of Maugham's most famous tales, "Rain," concerning the clash between a missionary and a prostitute. It also includes "Macintosh," a psychological study of the competition between two officials; "The Fall of Edward Barnard," a tale of social rebellion that foreshadows The Razor's Edge; "The Pool," and other compelling stories of life in the tropics.