The Quiet American

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• The Quiet American

  Greene’s brilliant, thought-provoking, novel is set in Vietnam. It is 1952 and the country is trying to regain independence from the French. This is the background for a story that is ostensibly about love and political intrigue, yet works well on a ... (read full critics)

  bookgroup published on Mon, 13 Sep 2010

• Graham Greene: The Quiet American

  I read most of Graham Greene’s novels a decade or more ago, in my early 20s, and ended with great admiration for his extraordinary fertile period from the late 1930s to 1950s, when he produced a string of masterpieces, the best being also the most we ... (read full critics)

  theasylum published on Fri, 10 Sep 2010

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  A splendid book.
  A novel about love, about war, about friendship.
  A novel about love and friendship in time of war.
  Last but not least, a politic book.
  Sad, like most of Graham Greene's novels, but so true...

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  Miss Piggott said on Aug 2, 2007 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

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  Very sophisticated handwriting !

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  Virginia Leung said on May 29, 2011 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

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  Impeccabile Graham Green! Come sempre del resto.
  Il contrasto tra il cinismo disperato del giornalista di mezza eta' e l'idealismo mal riposto dell'agente americano sullo sfondo di una guerra crudele ma lontana, della quale pochi si preoccupano veramente, distratti come sono dall'alcool e le ragaz ... (continue)

  Impeccabile Graham Green! Come sempre del resto.
  Il contrasto tra il cinismo disperato del giornalista di mezza eta' e l'idealismo mal riposto dell'agente americano sullo sfondo di una guerra crudele ma lontana, della quale pochi si preoccupano veramente, distratti come sono dall'alcool e le ragazze a poco prezzo di Saigon mi ricorda, aime', qualcosa. "I am not involved. Not involved, I repeated. It had been an article of my creed. The human condition being what it was, let them fight, let them love. let them murder, I would not be involved. My fellow journalists called themselves correspondents; I preferred the title of reporter. I wrote what I saw. I took no action. Even an opinion is a kind of action."

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  Pechorin said on Sep 26, 2010 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

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  Yes, I liked this novel. Takes place in Indo-China during the early 1950's when the French were fighting the Vietminh. Greene comments upon the ethical situation and deals with the moral problems that arise. The characters discuss these things and explore the problem of good and evil. A good book.

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  GraJon said on Aug 2, 2008 | Add your feedback

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• English Books
• Hardcover
• Edition: Uniform Edition
• ISBN-10: 0670585521
• ISBN-13: 9780670585526
• Publisher: Viking Adult
• Pub date: Aug 09, 1956
• Dimensions: 3290 mm x 3290 mm x 3290 mm Just how big is that?
• Also available as: Mass Market Paperback, Paperback, Audio CD, Audio Cassette, Others and eBook
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