Buddhism and Faith
Posted in Buddhism, The End of the Monsoon, Writing on July 20th, 2010 by admin – Be the first to commentSomerset Maugham: wanting, but not quite able, to believe
In September of 2007 I flew to Phnom Penh to gather material for a new novel. Two of the books I brought with me were by Maugham: a first edition (a gift from Susana Serna) of The Gentleman in the Parlour, a Record of a Journey from Rangoon to Haiphong (1930), which is as its title suggests a travel book, and a Penguin paperback edition of The Summing Up (1938), a collection of valedictory essays.
In both books Maugham devotes a section to the question of evil; that is, how to satisfactorily explain the existence of evil read more »
