The Trembling of a Leaf

One of the most popular playwrights and novelists of his era, Somerset Maugham’s voice nevertheless shines through his endeavors into short stories. 


In The Trembling of a Leaf: Little Stories of the South Sea Islands, Maugham tackles the different lifestyles and values exhibited by islanders and the interactions between them, while demonstrating the beauty of their nature in comparison to the more modern, European culture. Considered perhaps a work of scandalous affair at its time, this collection of short stories doesn’t hold back in its reflection of beauty, love, race, and humor, and will show the reader the islands of the South Seas in a whole new light. 


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