The Quiet American
by Greene, Graham; Pratt, John ClarkEdition: Reprint
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 1996-01-01
Publisher(s): Penguin Books
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Summary
This edition of Graham Greene's prophetic novel about American involvement in the Vietnam War includes the complete text of the work, along with essays by Greene, extensive historical writings, and relevant literary criticism.
Author Biography
Graham Greene (1904-1991) was a prolific novelist, short story writer, travel writer and children's book writer. Many of his novels and short stories have been successfully adapted to the movie screen, including The Third Man (directed by Orson Welles), The End of The Affair, and The Quiet American
Table of Contents
| Introduction | |
| Chronology | |
| The Quiet American: The Text | p. 1 |
| The Author and His Work | |
| Ways of Escape | p. 193 |
| Indo-China: France's Crown of Thorns | p. 212 |
| A Memory of Indo-China | p. 231 |
| Return to Indo-China | p. 235 |
| Analogies and Perspectives | |
| Origins of the American Commitment to Vietnam | p. 243 |
| A Society in Transition | p. 254 |
| Report by the National Security Council on the Position of the United States with Respect to Indochina, 27 February 1950 | p. 262 |
| Press Conference, 25 July 1950 | p. 265 |
| Indochina: The Threat in Southeast Asia | p. 267 |
| The Imperialist Aggressors Can Never Enslave the Heroic Vietnamese People | p. 284 |
| Letter to Joseph Mankiewicz | p. 299 |
| The Quiet American [Film commentary and plot summary] | p. 303 |
| Two Letters | p. 307 |
| Case of The Quiet American [Greene on the film version] | p. 310 |
| Lansdale and Greene | p. 313 |
| Victimized by the French and Chinese | p. 329 |
| Into a Black Sun | p. 340 |
| Literary Criticism | |
| A Talkative Something-or-Other | p. 347 |
| The Quiet American and "A Mr. Liebermann" | p. 356 |
| The Fiction of Graham Greene: Between the Horror and the Glory | p. 366 |
| The Quiet American: A Secular Prospect | p. 371 |
| Transition: The Quiet American | p. 392 |
| The Novelist and Commitment | p. 401 |
| The Prisonhouse of Orientalism | p. 407 |
| The Quiet American | p. 419 |
| The Moral Situation in The Quiet American | p. 450 |
| America and Innocence: Henry James and Graham Greene | p. 469 |
| Vietnam | p. 479 |
| Topics for Discussion and Papers | |
| Selected Bibliography | |
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