About This Novel
"Akin" is a collection of short stories that Maugham personally edited and selected during his lifetime. It includes six short stories based on his experiences during his two trips to the Malay Peninsula and surrounding areas in the early 1920s. The title is the name of a Chinese servant the author hired during his travels. The six novels have different themes, ranging from bizarre murders to passionate love and hopeless marriages. Maugham uses his clear and smooth language to tell these twists and turns of the story without any obscurity, but with foreshadowing everywhere. In Somerset Maugham's works, those Westerners who have escaped from the Western civilized world and come to remote and unfamiliar environments are often swayed by their own desires, become erratic, unpredictable, and do unusual things. The ending of the story often presents a surprising and thought-provoking turning point.
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