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 …
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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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The quiet American
304 pages
English language
Published 1978 by Chivers.
- ISBN:
- 978-0-85997-344-1Copied ISBN!
Chen jing de Meiguo ren
281 pages
Chinese language
Published 2001 by Shi bao wen hua chu ban gong si.
- ISBN:
- 978-957-13-3443-1Copied ISBN!
- OCLC Number:
- 48755668
The Quiet American
audio cassette
Published by G K Hall Audio Books.
- ISBN:
- 978-0-8161-9762-0Copied ISBN!
- OCLC Number:
- 19897614
De stille Amerikaan = The quiet American
192 pages
Dutch language
Published 1978 by Uitgeverij Bert Bakker.
- ISBN:
- 978-90-254-6308-3Copied ISBN!
El americano impasible
247 pages
Spanish language
Published 1980 by Bruguera.
- ISBN:
- 978-84-02-07497-3Copied ISBN!
The quiet American.
249 pages
English language
Published 1956 by Viking Press.
- OCLC Number:
- 365697
Ngưxoi Mỹ trsam lqang =
181 pages
Vietnamese language
Published 1991 by Xuân Thu.
- OCLC Number:
- 26023992
Ngưxoi Mỹ trsam lqang
299 pages
Vietnamese language
Published 2001 by NXB Văn nghue.
- OCLC Number:
- 52517994
A csendes amerikai
223 pages
Hungarian language
Published 1979 by Kriterion Könyvkiadó.
Der stille Amerikaner
264 pages
German language
Published 1962 by Buchergilde Gutenberg.
Chen jing de Meiguo ren
280 pages
Chinese language
Published 1986 by Shi bao chu ban gong si.
Un Américain bien tranquille = The quiet American
347 pages
French language
Published 1956 by Robert Laffont.
Tikhiĭ Amerikanets
188 pages
Russian language
Published 1956 by Inostrannoĭ Literatury.
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