Far Eastern Tales
Short stories, all born of Maugham's experiences in Malaya, Singapore and other outposts of the former British Empire. Whether portraying a ship-borne flight from a lover's curse, murder in the jungle or the remembered East of a repatriate's suburban home, they reveal Maugham as a shrewd and human judge of character and soul.
Reviews
Pasha Avindra@avestra
most of the stories have are quite dark and tragic. a lot of orientalism which places the native populations, cultures, and spirit of the east as mere setting rather than as the driver of the story.