Scobie, a police officer serving in a wartime west-African state, is distrusted — being scrupulously honest and immune to bribery. But then he falls in love, and in so doing, he is forced to betray everything he believes in, with drastic and tragic consequences.
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 hundre...
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.
“The Church knows all the rules, but it doesn’t know what goes on in a single human heart. “
“ People said you couldn’t love two women, but what was this emotion if it were not love?”
《事物的核心》葛林 The Heart of the Matter, Graham Greene 我忘了有多久沒有讀英國的小說,因為不太吸引我,不過讀葛林的這本《事物的核心》卻是一個很享受的過程,並令我以很快的速度看完了。 「他懷疑如果一個人了解事實的話,他是否甚至會對星球感到悲憫?如果他觸及人...
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0 有用 采桑子 2022-02-18 19:52:04
多年前读过,很好。
0 有用 September 2007-12-17 19:42:02
very good
0 有用 Joe Christmas 2022-12-18 09:03:42 中国香港
Beauty is like success: we cannot love it for long.
0 有用 Yizhi Yu 2024-09-01 08:44:38 英国
“The Church knows all the rules, but it doesn’t know what goes on in a single human heart. “ “ People said you couldn’t love two women, but what was this emotion if it were not love?”
2 有用 妍娘 2015-10-09 11:34:29
问题的关键,人性的边缘