The Quiet American: Discover Graham Green’s prescient political masterpiece - Softcover

Greene, Graham

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0099478390 ISBN 13: 9780099478393

Verlag: Vintage Classics, 2004

Inhaltsangabe

RO40151678. THE QUIET AMERICAN. 2004. In-12. Broché. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. 180 pages.. . . . Classification Dewey : 420-Langue anglaise. Anglo-saxon

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Críticas:

"A master of storytelling" (The Times)

"One of the finest writers of any language" (Washington Post)

"A superb storyteller - he had a talent for depicting local colour, a keen sense of the dramatic, an eye for dialogue, and skill in pacing his prose" (New York Times)

"There has been no novel of any political scope about Vietnam since Graham Greene wrote The Quiet American" (Harper's)

"It might be nearly 60 years since The Quiet American was first published, but it still evokes the exotic promise of the Orient, and the troubled relationship Vietnam has with the West" (Wanderlust)

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Discover Graham Green’s prescient political masterpiece

‘The novel that I love the most is The Quiet American’ Ian McEwan

Into the intrigue and violence of 1950s Indo-China comes CIA agent Alden 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 greater good, or something altogether more complicated?

WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY ZADIE SMITH

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• Verlag: Vintage Classics
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0099478390
• ISBN 13: 9780099478393
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 208