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Quiet American by Graham Greene (1996, Uk-B Format Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherPenguin Publishing Group
ISBN-10014024350X
ISBN-139780140243505
eBay Product ID (ePID)16038255542
Product Key Features
Book TitleQuiet American
Number of Pages544 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicPsychological, Classics, War & Military, Thrillers / Espionage, Literary, Political
Publication Year1996
GenreFiction
AuthorGraham Greene
Book SeriesThe Viking Critical Library
FormatUk-B Format Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height1.2 in
Item Weight13.9 Oz
Item Length7.7 in
Item Width5.1 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN95-023183
Dewey Edition21
TitleLeadingThe
Reviews"No serious writer of this century has more thoroughly invaded and shaped the public imagination than Graham Greene ." —Time, "No serious writer of this century has more thoroughly invaded and shaped the public imagination than Graham Greene ." --Time
Grade FromTwelfth Grade
Grade ToUP
Dewey Decimal823/.912
Table Of ContentIntroduction Chronology I. THE QUIET AMERICAN: THE TEXT II.THE AUTHOR AND HIS WORK Graham Greene, from Ways of Escape Graham Greene, Indo-China: France's Crown of Thorns Graham Greene, A Memory of Indo-China Graham Greene, Return to Indo-China III. ANALOGIES AND PERSPECTIVES Robert F. Futrell, Origins of the American Commitment to Vietnam Maj. Gen. Nguyen Duy Hinh and Brig. Gen. Tran Dinh Tho, A Society in Transition Report by the National Security Council on the Position of the United States with Respect to Indochina, 27 February 1950 Ho Chi Minh, Press Conference, 25 July 1950 Doris M. Condit, Indochina: The Threat in Southeast Asia Ho Chi Minh, The Imperialist Aggressors Can Never Enslave the Heroic Vietnamese People Edward Geary Lansdale, Letter to Joseph Mankiewicz Renny Christopher, The Quiet American [Film commentary and plot summary] Edward Geary Lansdale, Two Letters Christopher Hawtree, Case of The Quiet American [Greene on the film version] Jonathan Nashel, Lansdale and Greene Keith Honaker, from Victimized by the French and Chinese Takeshi Kaiko, from Into a Black Sun IV. LITERARY CRITICISM A.J. Liebling, A Talkative Something-or-Other Lisa Vargo, The Quiet American and "A Mr. Liebermann" R.W.B. Lewis, The Fiction of Graham Greene: Between the Horror and the Glory Georg Gaston, The Quiet American: A Secular Prospect A.A. DeVitis, Transition: The Quiet American Philip Stratford, The Novelist and Commitment Zakia Pathak, Saswati Sengupta, and Sharmila Purkayastha, from The Prisonhouse of Orientalism Brian Thomas, The Quiet American Miriam Allott, The Moral Situation in The Quiet American John Cassidy, America and Innocence: Henry James and Graham Greene Judith Adamson, Vietnam Topics for Discussion and Papers Selected Bibliography
SynopsisThis edition of Graham Greene's prophetic novel about American involvement in the Vietnam War includes the complete text of the work, along with essays by Greene, extensive historical writings, and relevant literary criticism.
LC Classification NumberPR6013.R44Q5 1996
