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Третият • Наемен убиец
ГРЕЪМ ГРИЙН е роден в Бъркхамстид, Великобритания, на 2 октомври 1904 година. Двете произведения в този том — „Наемен убиец“ и „Третият“ — принадлежат към „развлекателните“ му романи, един вид трилъри, чиито герои са хора извън закона. Те са преследвани, крият се и бягството им завършва трагично. Зад мелодраматичната фасада винаги има истинска нравствена драма. Злото присъствува в световете на Греъм Грийн. За героите си писателят казва: „В детството си те са влезли в досег с ада“. И той се интересува по-скоро от престъпника, отколкото от самото престъпление. Някои от „вечните“ теми в творчеството му са сблъсъците между добро и зло, между вярност и предателство, стремежът на индивида към независимост. Самият автор разделя романите си на „сериозни“ и „развлекателни“; освен това е писал много разкази, пиеси, пътеписи (тъй като е неуморим пътешественик), есета и критически статии.
240 pages, Paperback
Published January 1, 1989
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Graham Greene
802 books6,138 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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