Collected Essays - Couverture souple

Graham GREENE

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0140031596 ISBN 13 : 9780140031591

Editeur : Penguin, 1970

Synopsis

Contains nearly 80 of Greene's essays, reviews and occasional pieces composed between novels, plays and travel books over four decades, covering an eclectic and stimulating range of subjects. Originally published by the Bodley Head in 1969.

A propos du livre

Biographie de l'auteur

Graham Greene (Author)
Graham Greene was born in 1904. He worked as a journalist and critic, and in 1940 became literary editor of the Spectator. He was later employed by the Foreign Office. As well as his many novels, Graham Greene wrote several collections of short stories, four travel books, six plays, three books of autobiography, two of biography and four books for children. He also wrote hundreds of essays, and film and book reviews. Graham Greene was a member of the Order of Merit and a Companion of Honour. He died in April 1991.

George Orwell (Author)
George Orwell (1903–1950) is one of England's most famous writers and social commentators. He is the author of the classic political satire Animal Farm and the dystopian masterpiece Nineteen Eighty-Four. He is also well known for his essays and journalism, particularly his works covering his travels and his time fighting in the Spanish Civil War. His writing is celebrated for its piercing clarity, purpose and wit and his books continue to be bestsellers all over the world.

Quatrième de couverture

'In childhood all books are books of divination...and like the fortune teller who sees a long journey in the cards or death by water they influence the future'

So writes Graham Greene, describing his childhood love of reading and how it grew into a passion for writing. Collected Essays contains nearly eighty essays, reviews and occasional pieces composed between novels, plays and travel books over four prolific decades. From Henry James and Somerset Maugham to Ho Chi Minh and Kim Philby, the range of subjects is eclectic and stiumlating, and the characters - writers, priests, explorers - are brought vividly to life. Collected Essays is as revealing as autobiography and as characteristically rich in humour, insight and doubt.

'He was, he is, the best of critics' Dilys Powell, Guardian

'Opening a new book by Graham Greene is like settling into a gran turismo car. Nothing will go wrong' Sunday Times

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Penguin
• Date d'édition: 1970
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0140031596
• ISBN 13: 9780140031591
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 352
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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