The End of the Affair
Published on 7. October 2004
Book
Paperback/Softback
192 pages
978-0-09-947844-7 (ISBN)
Description
WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY MONICA ALI
The love affair between Maurice Bendrix and Sarah, flourishing in the turbulent times of the London Blitz, ends when she suddenly and without explanation breaks it off. After a chance meeting rekindles his love and jealousy two years later, Bendrix hires a private detective to follow Sarah, and slowly his love for her turns into an obsession.
The love affair between Maurice Bendrix and Sarah, flourishing in the turbulent times of the London Blitz, ends when she suddenly and without explanation breaks it off. After a chance meeting rekindles his love and jealousy two years later, Bendrix hires a private detective to follow Sarah, and slowly his love for her turns into an obsession.
Reviews / Votes
Singularly beautiful and moving -- Evelyn Waugh One of the most true and moving novels of my time, in anybody's language * William Faulkner * In a class by himself...the ultimate chronicler of twentieth-century man's consciousness and anxiety -- William Golding Devastating study of the collision of different kinds of faith, betrayal and commitment * The Times * Greene's novel of illicit love captures perfectly the atmosphere of rainy wartime London - try to read this in one sitting if you can * Express * A deliciously uncomfortable read for anyone who's allowed their heart to rule their head -- Mariella Frostrup * Psychologies * Passionate, powerful and complex -- Susannah York * Daily Express * One of our greatest authors - for experience of a whole century he was the man within * Independent * No serious writer of this century has more thoroughly invaded and shaped the public imagination than did Graham Greene * The Times * Greene's classic wartime drama The End of the Affair is no less gripping for its simplicity...this unacceptable love, this devastating outcome. -- Chris Pavone * Big Issue *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Vintage Publishing
Product notice
Paperback (UK-B)
Dimensions
Height: 126 mm
Width: 195 mm
Thickness: 19 mm
Weight
144 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-09-947844-7 (9780099478447)
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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.
Monica Ali (Introducer)
Monica Ali was born in Dhaka, Bangladesh, and grew up in England. She is the author of Untold Story, In The Kitchen and Alentejo Blue. Her Sunday Times bestselling first novel Brick Lane was shortlisted for the Booker Prize, the George Orwell Prize for political writing and the Commonwealth Writers' Prize and has been made into an acclaimed film. Her latest novel Love Marriage is published by Virago.
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.
Monica Ali (Introducer)
Monica Ali was born in Dhaka, Bangladesh, and grew up in England. She is the author of Untold Story, In The Kitchen and Alentejo Blue. Her Sunday Times bestselling first novel Brick Lane was shortlisted for the Booker Prize, the George Orwell Prize for political writing and the Commonwealth Writers' Prize and has been made into an acclaimed film. Her latest novel Love Marriage is published by Virago.