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Cinco novelas
«No soy un teórico, ni un filósofo. Soy un narrador». Así se autodefinía Graham Greene, escritor dotado de una capacidad única para crear elaboradas e intensas novelas protagonizadas por personajes de una extraordinaria riqueza psicológica y moral, como ponen de manifiesto las cinco novelas aquí Brighton Rock (1938), El agente confidencial (1939), El tercer hombre (1949), El americano impasible (1955) y Nuestro hombre en La Habana (1958). Todas ellas suponen una magnífica oportunidad para disfrutar de algunos de los mejores novelas de intriga de la literatura contemporánea, y demuestran la enorme facilidad de Greene para atrapar a su público. No es casual que hayan sido adaptadas al cine, algunas incluso en más de una ocasión. En estas cuidadas historias ambientadas en los lugares más diversos (las zonas más sórdidas de la ciudad de Brighton, la arrasada Viena de la posguerra, Indochina o la Cuba prerrevolucionaria), Graham Greene examina con una sorprendente fluidez y dinamismo las debilidades humanas en un mundo poco comprensivo e indulgente con el individuo.
1065 pages, Hardcover
First published March 1, 2012
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Graham Greene
803 books6,151 followersHenry Graham Greene was an English writer and journalist regarded by many as one of the leading novelists of the 20th century.
Combining literary acclaim with widespread popularity, Greene acquired a reputation early in his lifetime as a major writer, both of serious Catholic novels, and of thrillers (or "entertainments" as he termed them). He was shortlisted for the Nobel Prize in Literature several times. Through 67 years of writing, which included over 25 novels, he explored the conflicting moral and political issues of the modern world. The Power and the Glory won the 1941 Hawthornden Prize and The Heart of the Matter won the 1948 James Tait Black Memorial Prize and was shortlisted for the Best of the James Tait Black. Greene was awarded the 1968 Shakespeare Prize and the 1981 Jerusalem Prize. Several of his stories have been filmed, some more than once, and he collaborated with filmmaker Carol Reed on The Fallen Idol (1948) and The Third Man (1949).
He converted to Catholicism in 1926 after meeting his future wife, Vivienne Dayrell-Browning. Later in life he took to calling himself a "Catholic agnostic". He died in 1991, aged 86, of leukemia, and was buried in Corseaux cemetery in Switzerland. William Golding called Greene "the ultimate chronicler of twentieth-century man's consciousness and anxiety".
Combining literary acclaim with widespread popularity, Greene acquired a reputation early in his lifetime as a major writer, both of serious Catholic novels, and of thrillers (or "entertainments" as he termed them). He was shortlisted for the Nobel Prize in Literature several times. Through 67 years of writing, which included over 25 novels, he explored the conflicting moral and political issues of the modern world. The Power and the Glory won the 1941 Hawthornden Prize and The Heart of the Matter won the 1948 James Tait Black Memorial Prize and was shortlisted for the Best of the James Tait Black. Greene was awarded the 1968 Shakespeare Prize and the 1981 Jerusalem Prize. Several of his stories have been filmed, some more than once, and he collaborated with filmmaker Carol Reed on The Fallen Idol (1948) and The Third Man (1949).
He converted to Catholicism in 1926 after meeting his future wife, Vivienne Dayrell-Browning. Later in life he took to calling himself a "Catholic agnostic". He died in 1991, aged 86, of leukemia, and was buried in Corseaux cemetery in Switzerland. William Golding called Greene "the ultimate chronicler of twentieth-century man's consciousness and anxiety".
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August 23, 2014
Muy recomendable esta colección de novelas de G. Green. Su traducción es muy buena y logra mantener una narración fluida e interesante. Lo mejor es, en mi opinión, el fantástico humor de Nuestro Hombre en la Habana y el misterio de El Tercer Hombre (una prueba de que los libros son mejores aún que una gran película).
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