Henry Graham Greene, OM, CH was an English novelist, short story writer, playwright, screenplay writer, travel writer and critic whose works explore the ambivalent moral and political issues of the modern world. Greene combined serious literary acclaim with wide popularity.
Although Greene objected strongly to being described as a “Catholic novelist” rather than as a “novelist who happened to be Catholic,” Catholic religious themes are at the root of much of his writing, especially the four major Catholic novels: Brighton Rock, The Heart of the Matter, The End of the Affair, and The Power and the Glory. Works such as The Quiet American, Our Man in Havana and The Human Factor also show an avid interest in the workings of international politics and espionage.(From Wikipedia)
Into the intrigue and violence of Indo-China comes Pyle, a young idealistic American sent to promote democracy through a mysterious “Third Force.” As his naïve optimism starts to cause bloodshed, his friend Fowler, a cynical foreign correspondent, finds it hard to stand aside and watch. But even as he intervenes he wonders why: for the sake of politics, or for love? (From Goodreads)
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我們都不想再被提醒自己的生命是多麼不值錢,而死亡來得又是多麼迅速,多麼簡單,多麼悄聲無息。 —— 摘自《安靜的美國人》 《安靜的美國人》寫於1955年,本書是格雷厄姆·格林最受歡迎、最後公認和爭議的代錶作。 作者格雷厄姆·格林,英國作傢、編劇、文學評論傢。1932年,...
評分忙於雜事久不看書,從上海到北京的火車上看完《安靜的美國人》,驟然想起我當年匆匆忙忙寫就的碩士論文British Imperial Literature“英國帝國小說”,這是我自己當年找瞭許久理論未遂後生造的一個詞語,試圖探討英國文學在遭遇前現代國傢後創造的“帝國敘事”從外在的好奇、友...
評分有人(比如哈羅德.布魯姆,他也因此認為格雷厄姆.格林最好的小說是《布萊頓硬糖》)說,格林的《權力與榮耀》、《問題的核心》不具有說服力,因為格林總是在小說的結尾讓一個牧師齣場,告訴我們上帝到底怎麼想我們凡夫俗子是無法猜測的,因而為那些墮落的人物(威士忌神父、斯...
評分我們都不想再被提醒自己的生命是多麼不值錢,而死亡來得又是多麼迅速,多麼簡單,多麼悄聲無息。 —— 摘自《安靜的美國人》 《安靜的美國人》寫於1955年,本書是格雷厄姆·格林最受歡迎、最後公認和爭議的代錶作。 作者格雷厄姆·格林,英國作傢、編劇、文學評論傢。1932年,...
評分Henry Graham Greene,1904年10月2日-1991年4月3日,英國人。他在1932年發錶瞭成名作《斯坦布爾列車》。第二次世界大戰期間他曾為軍情六處工作,被派往非洲。這一經曆也被寫入瞭他日後的作品裏。1948年和1951年發錶的小說《命運的內核》和《戀情的終結》一舉奠定他的文學地位...
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憂傷 “But how I wished there existed someone to whom I could say that I was sorry.”
評分憂傷 “But how I wished there existed someone to whom I could say that I was sorry.”
評分憂傷 “But how I wished there existed someone to whom I could say that I was sorry.”
評分憂傷 “But how I wished there existed someone to whom I could say that I was sorry.”
評分憂傷 “But how I wished there existed someone to whom I could say that I was sorry.”
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