The quiet American
by Graham Greene
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One of Graham Greene's best works. The story is set at the time of the French war against the Viet Cong and tells the story of liberal British journalist Thomas Fowler, his mistress Phuong, and their relationship with American idealist Pyle. The latter is an earnest young man indocrinated with geo-political theory and whose attempts to shape the world to American ideals ends in his own personal tragedy and drastically alters the lives of the other two participants. Written before the US involvement in Vietnam this is a strangely prophetic work and seriously encapsulates the British viewpoint towards that conflict. A beautifully written book and highly recommended.
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Americans, British, Fiction, Fiction in English, German language books, Indochinese War, 1946-1954, Journalists, Politics and government, Triangles (Interpersonal relations), War correspondents, Indochinese War, 1946-1954 -- Fiction, Indochinese War (1946-1954) fast (OCoLC)fst00970511, Political fiction, Journalists, fiction, Vietnam, fiction, Fiction, war & military, Fiction, political, Fiction, psychological, Man-woman relationships, fiction, British and irish fiction (fictional works by one author), Large type books, Literature, War stories| Edition | Availability |
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The Quiet American: Library Edition
November 2003, Blackstone Audiobooks
MP3 CD
in English
- MP3 CD Una edition
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Chen jing de Meiguo ren
2001, Shi bao wen hua chu ban gong si
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The quiet American
1992, Modern Library
in English
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0679600140 9780679600145
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The Quiet American (Penguin Twentieth Century Classics)
November 5, 1991, Penguin Classics
in English
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The Quiet American (Penguin Twentieth Century Classics)
November 5, 1991, Penguin Classics
Paperback
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The Quiet American
June 1985, G K Hall Audio Books
Audio Cassette
- Unabridged edition
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De stille Amerikaan = The quiet American
1978, Uitgeverij Bert Bakker
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The Quiet American
August 25, 1977, Penguin (Non-Classics)
Paperback
- New Impression edition
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