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Graham Greene: A Life In Letters

Greene, Richard Greene, Richard
Heftet / 2008 / Engelsk

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780349119144
Publisert
2008
Utgiver
Vendor
Abacus
Vekt
390 gr
Høyde
197 mm
Bredde
126 mm
Dybde
29 mm
Aldersnivå
00, G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
480

Forfatter
Greene, Richard
Redaktør
Greene, Richard

Om bidragsyterne

Richard Greene, currently Professor of English at Toronto University, is the editor of THE SELECTED LETTERS OF EDITH SITWELL and the author of Sitwell's forthcoming biography. He is not related to Graham Greene.

Graham Greene: A Life In Letters

Greene, Richard Greene, Richard
Heftet / 2008 / Engelsk
Greene, Richard Greene, Richard
Heftet / 2008 / Engelsk
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** 'Graham Greene: A Life in Letters will offer the most important contribution to studies of the writer since the completion of Norman Sherry's epic, three-volume biography

BOOKSELLER

** 'A triumph of judgment and judicious selection that offers a vivid new picture of Greene the man: his pleasures, foibles and, above all, his generosity... Now, perhaps for the first time, he emerges whole from the shadow of his biographers, as distinctiv

Ian Thomson, SUNDAY TIMES

** 'Impeccably edited by Richard Greene, it succeeds admirably in it's declared purpose: to bring together for the first time in one volume letters "that are engaging to read and that reveal Greene's personal, literary, religious and political concerns over a period of 70 years."

Nicholas Shakespeare, DAILY TELEGRAPH

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** 'A condensed portrait of the successful literary life in the 20th century.

Craig Brown, MAIL ON SUNDAY

One of the undisputed masters of English prose in the twentieth century, Graham Greene (1904-91) wrote tens of thousands of personal letters. This substantial volume presents a new and engrossing account of his life constructed out of his own words. Meticulously chosen and engagingly annotated, this selection of Greene's letters - including many to his family and close friends that were unavailable even to his official biographer - gives an entirely new perspective on a life that combined literary achievement, political action, espionage, travel, and romantic entanglement. The letters describe his travels in Mexico, Africa, Malaya, Vietnam, Haiti, Cuba and other trouble spots, where he observed the struggles of victims and victors with a compassionate and truthful eye. The book includes a vast number of unpublished letters to Evelyn Waugh, Auberon Waugh, Anthony Powell, Edith Sitwell, R. K. Narayan, Muriel Spark and other leading writers of the time. Some letters reveal the agonies of his romantic life, especially his relations with his wife, Vivien Greene, and with his mistress Catherine Walston. The sheer range of experience contained in Greene's correspondence defies comparison.
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* The first book of Graham Greene's letters - the most intimate record we have of a life lived at the heart of modern history
Graham Greene: A Life in Letters will offer the most important contribution to studies of the writer since the completion of Norman Sherry s epic, three-volume biography - BOOKSELLER A triumph of judgment and judicious selection that offers a vivid new picture of Greene the man: his pleasures, foibles and, above all, his generosity... Now, perhaps for the first time, he emerges whole from the shadow of his biographers, as distinctive and memorable as any of his fictional characters. - Ian Thomson, SUNDAY TIMES Impeccably edited by Richard Greene, it succeeds admirably in it s declared purpose: to bring together for the first time in one volume letters that are engaging to read and that reveal Greene s personal, literary, religious and political concerns over a period of 70 years.' - Nicholas Shakespeare, DAILY TELEGRAPH A condensed portrait of the successful literary life in the 20th century. - Craig Brown, MAIL ON SUNDAY
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*Review coverage *Reading copies available

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** 'Graham Greene: A Life in Letters will offer the most important contribution to studies of the writer since the completion of Norman Sherry's epic, three-volume biography

BOOKSELLER

** 'A triumph of judgment and judicious selection that offers a vivid new picture of Greene the man: his pleasures, foibles and, above all, his generosity... Now, perhaps for the first time, he emerges whole from the shadow of his biographers, as distinctiv

Ian Thomson, SUNDAY TIMES

** 'Impeccably edited by Richard Greene, it succeeds admirably in it's declared purpose: to bring together for the first time in one volume letters "that are engaging to read and that reveal Greene's personal, literary, religious and political concerns over a period of 70 years."

Nicholas Shakespeare, DAILY TELEGRAPH

Se alle

** 'A condensed portrait of the successful literary life in the 20th century.

Craig Brown, MAIL ON SUNDAY

One of the undisputed masters of English prose in the twentieth century, Graham Greene (1904-91) wrote tens of thousands of personal letters. This substantial volume presents a new and engrossing account of his life constructed out of his own words. Meticulously chosen and engagingly annotated, this selection of Greene's letters - including many to his family and close friends that were unavailable even to his official biographer - gives an entirely new perspective on a life that combined literary achievement, political action, espionage, travel, and romantic entanglement. The letters describe his travels in Mexico, Africa, Malaya, Vietnam, Haiti, Cuba and other trouble spots, where he observed the struggles of victims and victors with a compassionate and truthful eye. The book includes a vast number of unpublished letters to Evelyn Waugh, Auberon Waugh, Anthony Powell, Edith Sitwell, R. K. Narayan, Muriel Spark and other leading writers of the time. Some letters reveal the agonies of his romantic life, especially his relations with his wife, Vivien Greene, and with his mistress Catherine Walston. The sheer range of experience contained in Greene's correspondence defies comparison.
Les mer
* The first book of Graham Greene's letters - the most intimate record we have of a life lived at the heart of modern history
Graham Greene: A Life in Letters will offer the most important contribution to studies of the writer since the completion of Norman Sherry s epic, three-volume biography - BOOKSELLER A triumph of judgment and judicious selection that offers a vivid new picture of Greene the man: his pleasures, foibles and, above all, his generosity... Now, perhaps for the first time, he emerges whole from the shadow of his biographers, as distinctive and memorable as any of his fictional characters. - Ian Thomson, SUNDAY TIMES Impeccably edited by Richard Greene, it succeeds admirably in it s declared purpose: to bring together for the first time in one volume letters that are engaging to read and that reveal Greene s personal, literary, religious and political concerns over a period of 70 years.' - Nicholas Shakespeare, DAILY TELEGRAPH A condensed portrait of the successful literary life in the 20th century. - Craig Brown, MAIL ON SUNDAY
Les mer
*Review coverage *Reading copies available

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780349119144
Publisert
2008
Utgiver
Vendor
Abacus
Vekt
390 gr
Høyde
197 mm
Bredde
126 mm
Dybde
29 mm
Aldersnivå
00, G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
480

Forfatter
Greene, Richard
Redaktør
Greene, Richard

Om bidragsyterne

Richard Greene, currently Professor of English at Toronto University, is the editor of THE SELECTED LETTERS OF EDITH SITWELL and the author of Sitwell's forthcoming biography. He is not related to Graham Greene.

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