格雷厄姆·格林,英國大師級小說傢。他厭世悲觀到極點,卻又最關注靈魂的掙紮和救贖;他作品中“惡”無處不在,暴力、罰罪、背叛墮落比比皆是,可最驚心動魄的卻是個人內心的道德和精神鬥爭;他作品中的人物卑瑣、絕望到極點,可是汙泥中卻能綻放齣人性的光彩;他稱得上是20世紀最嚴肅最悲 觀最具宗教意識的作傢,可同時又是講故事的聖手,是20世紀整個西方最具明星效應的大師級作傢之一,英國20世紀讀者最多的小說傢之一。
Unabridged on mp3 audio disk. How does good spoil, and how can bad be redeemed? In his penetrating novel The Power and the Glory, Graham Greene explores corruption and atonement through a priest and the people he encounters. In the 1930s one Mexican state has outlawed the Church, naming it a source of greed and debauchery. The priests have been rounded up and shot by firing squad--save one, the whisky priest. On the run, and in a blur of alcohol and fear, this outlaw meets a dentist, a banana farmer, and a village woman he knew six years earlier. For a while, he is accompanied by a toothless man--whom he refers to as his Judas and does his best to ditch. Always, an adamant lieutenant is only a few hours behind, determined to liberate his country from the evils of the church. On the verge of reaching a safer region, the whisky priest is repeatedly held back by his vocation, even though he no longer feels fit to perform his rites: "When he was gone it would be as if God in all this space between the sea and the mountains ceased to exist. Wasn't it his duty to stay, even if they despised him, even if they were murdered for his sake? even if they were corrupted by his example?" As his sins and dangers increase, the broken priest comes to confront the nature of piety and love. Still, when he is granted a reprieve, he feels himself sliding into the old arrogance, slipping it on like the black gloves he used to wear. Greene has drawn this man--and all he encounters--vividly and viscerally. He may have said The Power and the Glory was "written to a thesis," but this brilliant theological thriller has far more mysteries--and troubling ideals--than certainties. --Joannie Kervran Stangeland
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在讀約翰歐文《獨居的一年》時,就對格雷厄姆格林這個人感到好奇。女主人公把他的人物傳記當成一本需要靜下來讀的書。雖然嘴上說著其中內容多麼不吸引人,但扔給她的女兒取名叫格雷厄姆。格雷厄姆的書在國內停不流行的,隻能幾經周摺找到瞭PDF版本的。《the Power and the Glor...
評分神父,直到最後,也不知道他的名字,在最後一夜,可能還希望成為“聖人”。到底,一個人死去之前最後一句,會是什麼? 那時候的墨西哥,官員期待著新的政府會帶來全新的變化,排斥著宗教,對於神父而言,不可不謂之為“沼澤”,一個越陷越深的沼澤。或許,那個神父坐上火輪號,...
評分故事內容比較厚實,以神父逃亡的過程為主綫,在城裏,芭蕉園,鄉村,城裏監獄,邊境,最後被抓。整部小說充斥著神父內心的矛盾,一邊履行著神父的職責,一邊又臣服於人性的欲望不能自拔。剛開始100多頁的時候寫的有些零散,感覺找不到北,隨著故事的深入,越來越精彩,最後100...
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Yet another "rephrasing" of the ultimate paradox of "bearing the unbearable", a very profound one nevertheless. This is more a Kafka-esque parable, or even a Greek tragedy, than an elaborately narrated modern novel. In the story, necessity comes not from humanity but from un-humanity, or destiny or fate as someone would like to put it. Because, paradoxically, humanity is in everyone and there is no question of it, but saintliness is not, though it is forced upon the priest as the result of, alas, humanity. I was looking for the best word to express what I felt reading the book, and finally could only come up with "sorry". On the other hand, the Grand Inquisitor's theme is vaguely present, although not firmly articulated. Should the two themes be engaged more precisely this could be a greater story. It is a shame that I was not aware of Greene and his works till not long ago. I am much obliged to the girl who kindly presented the book to me and urged me to finish it. (finished in the early spring of 2010).
評分the finest work of Greene
評分體驗度與百年孤獨完全不在一個層次。
評分羅馬帝國殉道者的拉美高清重置版,很好看。雖然很喪(。
評分飛機上把這個讀完有點兒不想繼續讀格林瞭,決定放一陣想起來瞭再把剩下的幾篇讀完,雖然很有異國情調,可是有些不太有感的國傢,比如墨西哥,比如海地,讀起來故事似乎也沒啥趣味。
The Power and the Glory 2024 pdf epub mobi 電子書 下載