The End of the Affair Greene, Graham
Greene, Graham
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From Twice Sold Tales, Ashfield, MA, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
AbeBooks Seller since August 8, 2006
About this Item
original 1951 Heinemann (UK) hard cover - 1st edition 1st printing - some wear to edges of dust jacket (now in mylar cover) binding out of square - some tanning and staining to page edge - owner's name cut out of front end paper - pencil notes on back end paper - otherwise binding strong contents clean - enjoy. Seller Inventory # 117-FTY-0M1
Bibliographic Details
Title: The End of the Affair Greene, Graham
Publisher: Viking
Publication Date: 1982
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Good
Edition: First Edition.
About this title
Bendrix, as evidenced by his ability to tell the story, is not dead, merely unconscious, and so Sarah must keep her promise. She breaks off the relationship without giving a reason, leaving Bendrix mystified and angry. The only explanation he can think of is that she's left him for another man. It isn't until years later, when he hires a private detective to ascertain the truth, that he learns of her impassioned vow. Sarah herself comes to understand her move through a strange rationalization. Writing to God in her journal, she says:
You willed our separation, but he [Bendrix] willed it too. He worked for it with his anger and his jealousy, and he worked for it with his love. For he gave me so much love, and I gave him so much love that soon there wasn't anything left, when we'd finished, but You.It's as though the pull toward faith were inevitable, if incomprehensible--perhaps as punishment for her sin of adultery. In her final years, Sarah's faith only deepens, even as she remains haunted by the bombing and the power of her own attraction to God. Set against the backdrop of a war-ravaged city, The End of the Affair is equally haunting as it lays forth the question of what constitutes love in troubling, unequivocal terms. --Melanie Rehak
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