Graham Greene : A Life In Letters

Richard Greene

ISBN 10: 0349119147 / ISBN 13: 9780349119144

Published by Little Brown Book Group Okt 2008, 2008

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Neuware - 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 The book includes a vast number of unpublished letters to Evelyn Waugh, Auberon Waugh, Anthony Powell, Edith Sitwell, R. K. Narayan, Muriel Spark and other leading writers of the time.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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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Graham Greene : A Life In Letters
• Publisher: Little Brown Book Group Okt 2008
• Publication Date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0349119147
• ISBN 13: 9780349119144
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 200W x 126H x 37D millimeters 200 millimeters width by 126 millimeters height by 37 millimeters depth
• Weight: 390 grams

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Synopsis

One of the undisputed masters of English prose in the 20th century, Graham Greene (1904-91) wrote tens of thousands of personal letters. This volume presents an engrossing account of his life constructed out of his own words.

About the Author

Richard Greene (no relation) was educated at Oxford University and is now an associate professor at the University of Toronto. His next book is a biography of British poet Edith Sitwell. He lives in Cobourg, Ontario.