by W. Somerset Maugham · BRUGUERA (SELLO) · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788402420244
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«El velo pintado» is the novel by W. Somerset Maugham, published by Bruguera in paperback (288 pages, in Spanish).
Set in the 1920s, it tells the story of Kitty Garstin, a young high-society Londoner who, married to a bacteriologist she does not love, settles in Hong Kong. There she begins an adulterous affair with Charlie Townsend; when her husband discovers it, he forces her to accompany him to a China ravaged by cholera, where Kitty faces illness, loneliness and guilt on a path of self-discovery.
Spanish-language edition of January 2007, translated by Eduardo Iriarte. The work was originally published in 1925 under the title The Painted Veil.
For readers of British fiction and contemporary fiction; the work became known for its movie adaptation starring Edward Norton and Naomi Watts.
William Somerset Maugham was an English writer, known for his plays, novels and short stories.
