Graham Greene (1) (1904–1991)
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Born in 1904, Graham Greene was the son of a headmaster and the fourth of six children. Preferring to stay home and read rather than endure the teasing at school that was a by-product of his father's occupation, Greene attempted suicide several times and eventually dropped out of school at the age näytä lisää of 15. His parents sent him to an analyst in London who recommended he try writing as therapy. He completed his first novel by the time he graduated from college in 1925. Greene wrote both entertainments and serious novels. Catholicism was a recurring theme in his work, notable examples being The Power and the Glory (1940) and The End of the Affair (1951). Popular suspense novels include: The Heart of the Matter, Our Man in Havana and The Quiet American. Greene was also a world traveler and he used his experiences as the basis for many books. One popular example, Journey Without Maps (1936), was based on a trip through the jungles of Liberia. Greene also wrote and adapted screenplays, including that of the 1949 film, The Third Man, which starred Orson Welles. He died in Vevey, Switzerland in 1991. (Bowker Author Biography) näytä vähemmän
Image credit: Portrait in the National Gallery, London by Anthony Palliser
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Tekijän teokset
The Heart of the Matter / Stamboul Train / A Burnt-Out Case / The Third Man / The Quiet American / Loser Takes All /… (1977) 219 kappaletta
Brighton Rock / The Third Man / The Power and the Glory / The Heart of the Matter (1970) 36 kappaletta
Our Man in Havana / The End of the Affair / It's a Battlefield / England Made Me / The Ministry of Fear / Brighton Rock (1981) 33 kappaletta
12 englische Bücher: The quiet American,Brighton Rock,Shades of Greene,The power and the glory,May we borrow your… (1962) 33 kappaletta
The Third Man: Enhanced Edition with Film Clips, Script and Archive Material from the Motion Picture (2015) 29 kappaletta
Brighton Rock; the Honorary Consul; the Power and the Glory; the Quiet American;stamboul Train; the Heart of the… (1973) 25 kappaletta
Graham Greene: The Last Interview: and Other Conversations (The Last Interview Series) (2019) 12 kappaletta
Author's Choice: The Power and the Glory / The Quiet American / Travels with My Aunt / The Honorary Consul (1985) 10 kappaletta
Stamboul Train / The Confidential Agent 7 kappaletta
A Burnt-Out Case / Our Man in Havana 7 kappaletta
Why Do I Write?: An Exchange of Views Between Elizabeth Bowen, Graham Greene and V.S.Pritchett (English Literature… (1948) 6 kappaletta
Doctor Fischer of Geneva / The Fallen Idol 5 kappaletta
Cheap in August 5 kappaletta
El fin de la aventura : El americano impasible : Nuestro hombre en La Habana : Un caso acabado (2015) 5 kappaletta
Historia de una cobardía : Orient Express : Campo de batalla : Inglaterra me ha hecho así (1985) 5 kappaletta
Brighton Rock 5 kappaletta
The Invisible Japanese Gentlemen 5 kappaletta
Spiel im Dunkeln 5 kappaletta
El consul honorario, Viajes con mi tia (Narrativa completa ii, coleccion Summa literaria 9) (1987) 4 kappaletta
Greene: Collected: 2 4 kappaletta
Obras 4 kappaletta
Ensayos católicos 3 kappaletta
Manomorta (in Amori facili, amori difficili) 3 kappaletta
Orient express / Campo de batalla / Inglaterra me ha hecho así (Narrativa Completa VII) (1988) 3 kappaletta
The Collected Novels Volume Four: Travels with My Aunt, The Confidential Agent, and The Ministry of Fear (2018) 3 kappaletta
Best-in-Books Volume 33: Our Man in Havana; Heaven in Your Hand; The Three Edwards; Snoopy; And a Right Good Crew (1959) 3 kappaletta
Obras, Brighton parque de atracciones, Orient-express, Una pistola en venta, El americano impasible 3 kappaletta
Travels with My Aunt: Starring Dame Hilda Brackett & Charles Kay (BBC Radio Collection) (2000) 3 kappaletta
The heart of the matter. Parts 1-3 3 kappaletta
24 short stories 2 kappaletta
A visit to Morin 2 kappaletta
Doctor Crombie 2 kappaletta
Stamboel-expres / Geheim agent / Heerschappij van de Angst / De Verliezer wint (Omnibus II) 2 kappaletta
Beauty 2 kappaletta
A Shocking Accident 2 kappaletta
Le Ministère de la peur. Suivi de : A armes égales. 2 kappaletta
La chaise vide et autres récits inédits : Suivi du Ministère de la peur ; Le Dixième Homme… (2011) 2 kappaletta
The Collected Novels Volume Five: A Burnt-Out Case, The Captain and the Enemy, The Comedians, and The Man Within (2018) 2 kappaletta
A Little Place Off the Edgware Road 2 kappaletta
Dispiacere in tre parti (in Ci presti tuo marito?) 2 kappaletta
In agosto costa poco (in Ci presti tuo marito?) 2 kappaletta
A Sense of Reality Under the Garden, Dream of a Strange Land, a Discovery in the Woods, a Visit to Morin (1963) 2 kappaletta
Our Man in Havana - Prospectus 1 kappale
NARRATIVA COMPLETA (6) 1 kappale
Narrativa completa I 1 kappale
Narrativa completa II 1 kappale
Nasčlověk Haraně 1 kappale
Satılmış Adam 1 kappale
Narrativa completa III 1 kappale
NUSTRO HOMBRE EN LA HABANA 1 kappale
Den tredie mand ; jenvidnet 1 kappale
The Wolf and the Lion 1 kappale
Hægláti Ameríkumaðurinn 1 kappale
Oblast in slava 1 kappale
Inedito 1 kappale
A Quick Look Behind 1 kappale
Oxford Poetry 1923 1 kappale
I sista rummet 1 kappale
Graham Greene regények 1 kappale
HIl Iterzo uomo: romanzi brevi 1 kappale
Oturma Odası 1 kappale
Brighton rock 1 1 kappale
Um caso arrumado 1 kappale
Graham Greene - Collected Short Stories 1 kappale
Yıkılış 1 kappale
℗Un ℗caso bruciato: romanzo 1 kappale
Haeglati Amerikumadurinn 1 kappale
The Third Man and The Loser Takes All 1 kappale
Spiel im Dunkeln Kurzgeschichten 1 kappale
Vier Romane 1 kappale
Eleven 1 kappale
The Over-Night Bag 1 kappale
Awful When You Think Of It 1 kappale
The Root of All Evil 1 kappale
Two Gentle People 1 kappale
A Branch Of the Service 1 kappale
The Case for the Defense [short story] 1 kappale
Chagrin In Three Parts 1 kappale
Below the Line 1 kappale
Graham Greene, Six Novels (Omnibus) 1 kappale
Seize nouvelles 1 kappale
The Tenth Man / The Third Man — Tekijä — 1 kappale
The Inventive Mr. Wormold 1 kappale
Graham Greene inedito 1 kappale
England Made Me / Loser Takes All 1 kappale
A Hint of an Explanation 1 kappale
23 opowiadania 1 kappale
Greene: Collected 1 kappale
Une partie de campagne 1 kappale
Rêve d’un pays étrange 1 kappale
Our Magnificent Bastard Tongue 1 kappale
Francois Mauriac (1945) 1 kappale
Men at Work [short story] 1 kappale
Study guide 1 kappale
Ay Isigi Serinligi 1 kappale
Introductions to three novels 1 kappale
La borsa (in Ci presti tuo marito?) 1 kappale
Babbling April 1 kappale
The dark backward : a footnote 1 kappale
Proof Positive 1 kappale
Associated Works
First Fiction: An Anthology of the First Published Stories by Famous Writers (1994) — Avustaja — 183 kappaletta
Adaptations: From Short Story to Big Screen: 35 Great Stories That Have Inspired Great Films (2005) — Avustaja — 124 kappaletta
The Second Penguin Book of English Short Stories (1972) — Avustaja, eräät painokset — 119 kappaletta
The New Mystery: The International Association of Crime Writers' Essential Crime Writing of the Late 20th Century (1993) — Avustaja — 62 kappaletta
To Catch a Spy: An Anthology of Favourite Spy Stories (1964) — Avustaja, eräät painokset; Avustaja — 46 kappaletta
The Edge of the Chair: A Superlative Collection, Some Fact, Some Fiction, All Suspense (1967) — Avustaja — 42 kappaletta
Masters of the Macabre: An Anthology of Mystery, Horror, and Detection (1975) — Avustaja — 13 kappaletta
Many-Colored Fleece: An Anthology of Twentieth-Century Catholic Fiction (2022) — Avustaja — 9 kappaletta
Great Mystery Books, 10 Volumes (Journey into Fear, The 39 Steps, And Then There Were None, Maltese Falcon, The Nine… (1967) — Avustaja — 5 kappaletta
Dr. Fischer of Geneva — Original book — 3 kappaletta
Die englische Literatur 09 in Text und Darstellung. 20. Jahrhundert. (2001) — Avustaja — 3 kappaletta
Im Kerzenschein. Geschichten zum Träumen — Avustaja — 2 kappaletta
Mexico reisverhalen — Avustaja — 2 kappaletta
This Gun for Hire [1991 TV movie] — Original novel — 2 kappaletta
Then and Now. A Selection of Articles, Stories & Poems, Taken from the First Fifty Numbers of ‘Now & Then’,… (1935) — Avustaja — 2 kappaletta
Missing From Their Homes — Avustaja — 1 kappale
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Yleistieto
- Virallinen nimi
- Greene, Henry Graham
- Syntymäaika
- 1904-10-02
- Kuolinaika
- 1991-04-03
- Hautapaikka
- Corsier-sur-Vevey, Switzerland
- Sukupuoli
- male
- Kansalaisuus
- UK
- Maa (karttaa varten)
- England, UK
- Syntymäpaikka
- Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, England, UK
- Kuolinpaikka
- Vevey, Switzerland
- Kuolinsyy
- leukemia
- Asuinpaikat
- Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, England, UK
Oxford, England, UK
London, England, UK
Nice, France
Vevey, Switzerland
Sierra Leone - Koulutus
- Balliol College, Oxford (BA|1925)
- Ammatit
- writer
- Suhteet
- Greene, Hugh (brother)
Greene, Raymond (brother)
Greene, Barbara (cousin) - Palkinnot ja kunnianosoitukset
- Order of Merit (1986)
Order of the Companions of Honour (1968)
Royal Society of Literature Companion of Literature (1983)
Hawthornden Prize (1941)
Mystery Writers of America Grand Master (1976)
John Dos Passos Prize (1980) [awarded before the award was limited to American authors] (näytä kaikki 9)
Jerusalem Prize (1981)
James Tait Black Memorial Prize (1948)
Shakespeare Prize (1968)
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Flash-mob! Catalog Graham Greene's Library, Legacy Libraries (elokuu 2021)
February 2013: Graham Greene, Monthly Author Reads (marraskuu 2019)
Group Read, August 2017: The Heart of the Matter, 1001 Books to read before you die (elokuu 2017)
Graham Greene Legacy Library problem, Bug Collectors (syyskuu 2015)
The Power and the Glory, Christianity (marraskuu 2013)
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I love a good love story full of moral ambiguity and gray areas. This book, my first by Greene, had all the makings of a 4 star book through the half-way mark of the tale. Love, lust, deceit, anguish -- that perfect cocktail for an intriguing book. Graham's prowess with his prose added to the enjoyment. However, around the 50% mark, the book veered into an odd philosophical direction. By the end of the book the plot had "jumped the shark" and was downright loopy.
I listened to a newish recording narrated by Colin Firth. Now, Mr. Firth could read the phone book and still have it sound more enticing than several books on the market. His narration was second to none, but it couldn't completely save the bizarre plot direction of this book.
3 stars… (lisätietoja)