The Resource The quiet American, Graham Greene ; with an introduction by Zadie Smith
The quiet American, Graham Greene ; with an introduction by Zadie Smith
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- Summary
- Into the intrigue and violence of Indo-China comes Pyle, a young idealistic American sent to promote democracy through a mysterious 'Third Force'. As his naive optimism starts to cause bloodshed, his friend Fowler, a cynical foreign correspondent, finds it hard to stand aside and watch. But even as he intervenes he wonders why: for the sake of politics, or for love?
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xiii, 180 pages
- Note
- Originally published: London: Heinemann, 1955
- Isbn
- 9780099478393
- Label
- The quiet American
- Title
- The quiet American
- Statement of responsibility
- Graham Greene ; with an introduction by Zadie Smith
- Subject
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- trueWar correspondents -- Great Britain
- trueWar stories
- War fiction
- trueLove triangles
- truePolitical fiction
- truePsychological fiction
- trueVietnam
- trueLiterary fiction
- trueModern classics
- true1950s -- 1950 -- 1959
- Americans -- Vietnam -- Fiction
- trueAmericans in Vietnam
- trueBooks to movies
- trueBritish in Vietnam
- trueCommunism
- trueDisillusionment in men
- trueDrug traffic
- trueEthics
- trueExtramarital affairs
- trueFanaticism
- Fiction
- trueHistorical fiction
- trueHusband and wife
- trueIdealism
- trueIndochina -- History -- War for national liberation, 1946-1954
- Indochinese War, 1946-1954 -- Fiction
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Into the intrigue and violence of Indo-China comes Pyle, a young idealistic American sent to promote democracy through a mysterious 'Third Force'. As his naive optimism starts to cause bloodshed, his friend Fowler, a cynical foreign correspondent, finds it hard to stand aside and watch. But even as he intervenes he wonders why: for the sake of politics, or for love?
- Summary
- This novel is a study of New World hope and innocence set in an Old World of violence. The scene is Saigon in the violent years when the French were desperately trying to hold their footing in the Far East. The principal characters are a skeptical British journalist, his attractive Vietnamese mistress, and an eager young American sent out by Washington on a mysterious mission
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- 031038
- Cataloging source
- DLC
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- 1904-1991
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- Greene, Graham
- Dewey number
- 823.912
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
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- Smith, Zadie
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- True
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- Indochinese War, 1946-1954
- Americans
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- The quiet American, Graham Greene ; with an introduction by Zadie Smith
- Note
- Originally published: London: Heinemann, 1955
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier.
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent.
- Dimensions
- 20 cm.
- Extent
- xiii, 180 pages
- Isbn
- 9780099478393
- Isbn Type
- (pbk.)
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia.
- Media type code
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- n
- Specific material designation
- regular print
- Label
- The quiet American, Graham Greene ; with an introduction by Zadie Smith
- Note
- Originally published: London: Heinemann, 1955
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier.
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent.
- Dimensions
- 20 cm.
- Extent
- xiii, 180 pages
- Isbn
- 9780099478393
- Isbn Type
- (pbk.)
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia.
- Media type code
-
- n
- Specific material designation
- regular print
Subject
- trueWar correspondents -- Great Britain
- trueWar stories
- War fiction
- trueLove triangles
- truePolitical fiction
- truePsychological fiction
- trueVietnam
- trueLiterary fiction
- trueModern classics
- true1950s -- 1950 -- 1959
- Americans -- Vietnam -- Fiction
- trueAmericans in Vietnam
- trueBooks to movies
- trueBritish in Vietnam
- trueCommunism
- trueDisillusionment in men
- trueDrug traffic
- trueEthics
- trueExtramarital affairs
- trueFanaticism
- Fiction
- trueHistorical fiction
- trueHusband and wife
- trueIdealism
- trueIndochina -- History -- War for national liberation, 1946-1954
- Indochinese War, 1946-1954 -- Fiction
Genre
- trueBooks to movies
- Fiction
- trueHistorical fiction
- trueLiterary fiction
- trueModern classics
- truePolitical fiction
- truePsychological fiction
- War fiction
- trueWar stories
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