The Power and the Glory
by:
Graham Greene (author)
How does good spoil, and how can bad be redeemed? In his penetrating novel The Power and the Glory, Graham Greene explores corruption and atonement through a priest and the people he encounters. In the 1930s one Mexican state has outlawed the Church, naming it a source of greed and debauchery....
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How does good spoil, and how can bad be redeemed? In his penetrating novel The Power and the Glory, Graham Greene explores corruption and atonement through a priest and the people he encounters. In the 1930s one Mexican state has outlawed the Church, naming it a source of greed and debauchery. The priests have been rounded up and shot by firing squad--save one, the whisky
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Format: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Penguin
Pages no: 222
Edition language: English
Category:
Classics,
Novels,
Literature,
European Literature,
British Literature,
Historical Fiction,
Literary Fiction,
20th Century,
Religion,
Christianity,
Catholic,
Fiction
This was a bit of a struggle, being twice as long as its limited ambition requires - that ambition being to illustrate the weakness, fallability and moral confusion of a Catholic priest, tempered by a hint of hope. At least this was acheived. The setting is a Southern State of Mexico where a deadl...
"The wall of the burial-ground had fallen in: one or two crosses had been smashed by enthusiasts: an angel had lost one of its stone wings, and what gravestones were left undamaged leant at an acute angle in the long marshy grass. One image of the Mother of God had lost ears and arms and stood like ...
bookshelves: fraudio, published-1940, autumn-2014, mexico, tbr-busting-2014, religion, roman-catholic, classic Recommended for: Broken Tune Read from November 17 to 18, 2014 Description: In a poor, remote section of Southern Mexico, the paramilitary group, the Red Shirts have taken control. God...
Introduction--The Power and the Glory
I get what Greene is going for here. He gives us an imperfect vessel persecuted by a secular society who, despite some serious opposition and shortcomings, manages to do some good, show some humanity and represent Catholicism and God in a way that ultimately redeems both.It just didn't resonate with...
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