This book starts out as a story about an affair and ends up being about a personal quest to discover God and Catholicism. Bendrix's endless first-person rant about love and hate is quite boring for me. His blind jealousy falls flat; his passion has no pulse. Things pick up a little when we get to se...
I wonder why the British novelists who are passionate about religion seem to be mostly Catholics (yes, thinking of Waugh here). Is it perhaps too difficult to be passionate about the C. of E.?Anyway, Greene always raises the questions which can be perfectly well posed and thought about by atheists; ...
Playing out like a classic noir film, 'The End of the Affair's Maurice Bendrix dissects his affair with Sarah Miles. He can't let it go. She left him with no explanation and at the start of the novel, two years later, a chance encounter allows him the opportunity to pick at his scars. Its uncomforta...
So sad; the emotion in the writing is palpable. The exploration of love , hate and their end has a poignancy that exploration of their beginning can never have. While falling in love is often experienced similarly by us all, its end is often experienced uniquely, underlining the sense of abandonment...
The writing was so good, I wanted to give it 4 stars. So few writers these days write at this level. Well, I guess that was probably true then as well; plenty of penny dreadfuls to go 'round every era. The first few chapters were interesting and engaging, even though it was hard to like the protagon...
I thought listening to Colin Firth for six hours would be heavenly. Apparently I'm in the minority but I didn't like his performance. The book was interesting, but I found it difficult to like any of the characters except the investigator and his son.
Part of a breakup segment including Salter's Light Years and In Love by Alfred Hayes, along maybe with Updike's Licks of Love, Ford's Independence Day, Mary McCarthy's The Company She Keeps. C'mon, that'd be fun huh? From this article about breakup books.
Αριστουργηματικό.Ο Graham Green έχει μια γλώσσα μοναδικής ακρίβειας και οικονομίας. Η συγκεκριμένη ιστορία δε, είναι πολύ δυνατή, το ίδιο και οι χαρακτήρες.Νιώθεις την κάθε σελίδα. Υποκλίνομαι.
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