The Human Factor

Graham Greene was born in 1904. He worked as a journalist and critic, and in 1940 became literary editor of the Spectator. He was later employed by the Foreign Office. As well as his many novels, Graham Greene wrote several collections of short stories, four travel books, six plays, three books of autobiography, two of biography and four books for children. He also wrote hundreds of essays, and film and book reviews. Graham Greene was a member of the Order of Merit and a Companion of Honour. He died in April 1991.

出版者:Vintage Classics

作者:Graham Greene

页数:288

出版时间:1999-9-2

价格:GBP 8.99

装帧:Paperback

isbn号码:9780099288527

丛书系列:Vintage Greene

图书标签:文学英國文學

A leak is traced to a small sub-section of SIS, sparking off the inevitable security checks, tensions and suspicions. The sort of atmosphere, perhaps, where mistakes could be made? For Maurice Castle, it is the end of the line anyway, and time for him to retire to live peacefully with his African wife, Sarah.

To the lonely, isolated, neurotic world of the Secret Service, Graham Greene brings his brilliance and perception, laying bare a machine that sometimes overlooks the subtle and secret motivations that impel us.

读后感

据格林所说，他写《人性的因素》是为了创作一本摆脱暴力俗套的间谍小说，呈现英国秘密情报工作的真实样貌。他笔下的情报人员跟007毫无关系，像普通人一样为了一份薪水朝九晚五。如果这本书早一点写出来，我或许会更尊敬这种尝试。可是《人性的因素》出版于一九七八年，那时007...  

该书淡淡的描述让我第一遍阅读时无法进入状态，读了几十页就放在了一边。两年后，又拾起了这本书，起初还是一样，不过这次耐着性子读过五六十页后终于渐入佳境。 　　也许正像作者所说的，他是在用非浪漫的手法来描绘作为生活方式之间的情报部门的工作。情报部门处决叛徒、...  

今年初，我看了一本很重要的书，唐诺的《尽头》。它比之前那本《世间的名字》还要厚，48万字，不知道该称为散文还是别的什么。看完一遍，把书放起来，没有写出任何一个字，即使我已经拟好了题目《一次溃不成军的阅读》。 今天我不打算谈这本书，这本书太大了，也许以后再谈。...  

因为唐诺的《尽头》，知道了格林，借了一堆他的书，重点看的就是这本《人性的因素》。唐诺将《人性的因素》排在007系列、《锅匠裁缝士兵与间谍》之上，视为间谍小说以及叛国者三个层次的最高层。 《人性的因素》，人性体现在何处？首先肯定是体现在卡瑟尔这个双面间谍身上。因...  

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对读者来说很好读的一本书，又很适合被critics拿去拔高立意，此之谓成功作家。

对读者来说很好读的一本书，又很适合被critics拿去拔高立意，此之谓成功作家。

太感人了. 隱姓埋名為書店老闆的同志，在送Castle去機場的路上談到他將來的流亡，「你要看到莫斯科了吧？你讀過契可夫的‘三姐妹’嗎？‘去莫斯科！去新的生活！’」全篇反覆出現的love，不同型態與對象：Castle對妻子的愛讓他為報恩鋌而走險，C愛上非洲與那裡的朋友，荷蘭人的後代愛一片土地與他的種植園，哪怕殺人的醫生也愛一個充滿勝利的未來，書店老闆愛共產主義與俄國，love就是題眼的Human factor. 格林的最後幾部作品了，絕望與掙扎到了故事最後只化為一句話：Morris, keep hoping.