In this novel, the famous English novelist Somerset Maugham tells the story of an artist who lived an ordinary life and suddenly left everything, his wife and children, for her.
We will know that this person is the famous painter Paul Gauguin, far from the city, living on the remote island of Tahiti, painting his greatest works while on the verge of blindness, due to leprosy. Somerset Maugham said about the character of the painter "Charles Strickland" in the novel - and this is the name that Somerset Maugham gave to the character "Paul Gauguin": "In Tahiti, Charles Strickland painted those pictures that gave him glory, fame, and immortality... At the beginning of his artistic career, he was not able to On expressing and controlling his power, because he himself tried to discover the secrets of the art of painting without outside help. As for Tahiti, everything was suitable for his own expressions and for controlling his impulses. He had always dreamed of being on such an island This dream finally came true. This dream gave him the right atmosphere to express what he wanted, so the paintings he painted on the island appeared, wonderful and innovative, and opened the door to new and amazing worlds of imagination, as if his homeless, naked soul had found rest.
The novelist succeeds in portraying the reality of the artist working on his art and finding inspiration.