I've just read The Power and the Glory and The End of the Affair. Both were amazing in their way. . . at first i was slightly disappointed in the shift of tone from Travels with my Aunt, but The Power and the Glory was tense and tautly told... and The End of the Affair was somewhere between amusing and insightful without quite the same level of bleakness. If someone had summed up these books to me, they wouldn't have seemed interesting at all, and I had read that Greene converted to Catholicism so i didn't know what to expect. But the writing is impossible to deny. The treatment of religious ideas is thoughtful and personal, which is the only way I would probably tolerate reading it. Even when the most mundane shit is described, it's described in perfect metaphors and, at times, truly beautiful language. I'm delighted by the power and consistency of this guy's writing even when the subject and style differ so greatly from one book to the next. Thanks for the suggestions and I will probably read more of his whenever I get done with the millions of other books I have to read.
This message last edited by Panorphaeon on 07/09/2010 at 12:46:22 AM
I've just read Travels with my Aunt.
23/08/2010 07:27:38 PM
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Graham Greene is amazing.
23/08/2010 07:38:08 PM
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Seconded. I'd also highly recommend his Complete Short Stories for a good overview. *NM*
24/08/2010 07:10:30 PM
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