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The Heart of the Matter (with a new itroduction by the author and a passage omited from the original edition)
de Greene, Graham
- Usado
- Bien
- Tapa blanda
- Estado
- Bien
- ISBN 10
- 0670000701
- ISBN 13
- 9780670000708
- Librería
-
Newport, Washington, United States
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Sobre este artículo
New York, NY: Viking Compass/Viking Press, Inc, 1974. Soft cover. Good. 8vo - over 7. Viking Compass/Viking Press, Inc., 1974. Trade Paperback in Good Condition. Viking Compass Edition first issued in 1960, reissued in 1974 with the author's corrections incorporated in the text by The Viking Press, Inc. Orange wraps clean with vague impressions on front, light spine crease, rubbed edges; first three leaves loose from binding. Pages lightly toned, clean and completely unmarked. Considered a major modern novel, this is the story of a man named Scobie, a man of high integrity and an assistant police commissioner in a West African coastal town who becomes enmeshed in love evil, and intrigue and overwhelming personal conflict. This new edition adds further dimensions to the novel and alter the tone; an important passage was eliminated from the original manuscript and all subsequent editions until 1971 when Mr. Greene restored it to the British editon. The author considers this present version of the novel to be the definitive one. 273 pages. 8vo. 1974, Viking Compass/Viking Press, Inc.
Sinopsis
Graham Greene’s The Heart of the Matter, set in an unnamed West African colony towards the end of World War II, is loosely based on the author’s own experience as a British intelligence officer in Sierra Leone. The novel’s protagonist, Henry Scobie, struggles to make his miserable wife happy. In the process, Scobie begins to wonder if any individual can truly make another happy, resulting in a life-changing moral crisis. The Heart of the Matter, an insightful exploration of pity, suffering, religion, and responsibility, quickly became extremely popular, having sold more than 300,000 copies upon publication. The novel was critically acclaimed and received many favorable reviews. In 1948, The Heart of the Matter was awarded the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for fiction and it was shortlisted for the Best of the James Tait Black awardees in 2012. The novel is ranked 40th on Modern Library’s “100 Best” English-language novels of the 20th century and is also listed on TIME’s “100 Best Novels” (since 1923).
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- Inventario del vendedor #
- 029811
- Título
- The Heart of the Matter (with a new itroduction by the author and a passage omited from the original edition)
- Autor
- Greene, Graham
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Soft cover
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Bien
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Encuadernación
- Tapa blanda
- ISBN 10
- 0670000701
- ISBN 13
- 9780670000708
- Editorial
- Viking Compass/Viking Press, Inc
- Lugar de publicación
- New York, NY
- Fecha de publicación
- 1974
- Tamaño
- 8vo - over 7
- Palabras clave
- 20TH CENTURY LITERATURE; ENGLISH LITERATURE; WEST AFRICA; RELIGION; FAITH;
- Catálogos del vendedor
- Literature;
- X weight
- 0 oz
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