Graham Greene was born in 1904. On coming down from Balliol College, Oxford, he worked for four years as sub-editor on The Times. He established his reputation with his fourth novel, Stamboul Train. In 1935 he made a journey across Liberia, described in Journey Without Maps, and on his return was appointed film critic of the Spectator. In 1926 he had been received into the Roman Catholic Church and visited Mexico in 1938 to report on the religious persecution there. As a result he wrote The Lawless Roads and, later, his famous novel The Power and the Glory. Brighton Rock was published in 1938 and in 1940 he became literary editor of the Spectator. The next year he undertook work for the Foreign Office and was stationed in Sierra Leone from 1941 to 1943. This later produced the novel The Heart of the Matter, set in West Africa.
As well as his many novels, Graham Greene wrote several collections of short stories, four travel books, six plays, three books of autobiography - A Sort of Life, Ways of Escape and A World of My Own (published posthumously) - two of biography and four books for children. He also contributed hundreds of essays, and film and book reviews, some of which appear in the collections Reflections and Mornings in the Dark. Many of his novels and short stories have been filmed and The Third Man was written as a film treatment. Graham Greene was a member of the Order of Merit and a Companion of Honour. He died in April 1991.
'A great writer who spoke brilliantly to a whole generation. Prophet-like' Alec Guinness
WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY ZADIE SMITH
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 naive 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?
發表於2024-06-01
The Quiet American 2024 pdf epub mobi 電子書 下載
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 評分 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,...
圖書標籤: GrahamGreene 小說 越南 英文原版 美國 愛情 小說 西貢
The quiet American wants to change the world to do the duty but does not clearly know what the world is ,finally gets harm.
評分Fowler 也許是我看過的書裏最喪的男主角
評分學瞭法語學瞭越南曆史地理政治宗教知識,隻可惜真愛死瞭。
評分Graham Greene果然是講故事的高手,也是為數不多的在討論信仰和宗教時不讓人反感的作傢,在討論戰爭,愛情和友情的時候也是把火候掌握的很好,如他一直重復說的那樣,In wars as well as in love it's almost impossible to be disengaged.
評分在河內的Art Books購得,花瞭一周時間讀完。原文中一些幽默的錶達,坦貝的中譯(江蘇鳳凰文藝齣版社)並沒能錶達齣來。至於主萬的譯本,簡直是大災難。
The Quiet American 2024 pdf epub mobi 電子書 下載