An edition of The Quiet American (1940)

The quiet American.

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An edition of The Quiet American (1940)

The quiet American.

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  • ★★★ ★ 3.86 ·
  • 14 Ratings
  • 94 Want to read
  • 5 Currently reading
  • 18 Have read

One of Graham Greene's best works. The story is set at the time of the French war against the Viet Cong and tells the story of liberal British journalist Thomas Fowler, his mistress Phuong, and their relationship with American idealist Pyle. The latter is an earnest young man indocrinated with geo-political theory and whose attempts to shape the world to American ideals ends in his own personal tragedy and drastically alters the lives of the other two participants. Written before the US involvement in Vietnam this is a strangely prophetic work and seriously encapsulates the British viewpoint towards that conflict. A beautifully written book and highly recommended.

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Heinemann
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211

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Americans, British, Fiction, Fiction in English, German language books, Indochinese War, 1946-1954, Journalists, Politics and government, Triangles (Interpersonal relations), War correspondents, Indochinese War, 1946-1954 -- Fiction, Indochinese War (1946-1954) fast (OCoLC)fst00970511, Political fiction, Journalists, fiction, Vietnam, fiction, Fiction, war & military, Fiction, political, Fiction, psychological, Man-woman relationships, fiction, British and irish fiction (fictional works by one author), Large type books, Literature, War stories, Indochinese war, 1946-1954, Triangles (interpersonal relations)
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Indochina, Vietnam
Times
1945-, 1945-1954, 1945-1975

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The quiet American
2004, Penguin Books
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The quiet American
2004, Vintage
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The quiet American
2003, Thorndike Press
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Un Américain bien tranquille
2003, Laffont
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The quiet American
2002, Penguin Books
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The quiet American
1996, Penguin Books
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1960, Heinemann
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London

Edition Notes

Series
The Library Edition of the works of Graham Greene

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
823.914
Library of Congress
PR6013.R44 Q5 1960

The Physical Object

Pagination
211 p.
Number of pages
211

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Open Library
OL24217661M
Internet Archive
quietamerican00gree
OCLC/WorldCat
6494534

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