Quiet American (Others)

Author: (American) Graham Greene
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Publish Date: 2001-07-01
Features: The Quiet American is a representative work in his "political novels." The story is set against the backdrop of the late phase of the French war in Vietnam. As the French colonialists faced defeat, a young and quiet American took advantage of the situation, engaged in terrorist activities with a band of local bandits, aiming to establish a so-called "third force," while innocent civilians suffered continuous harm. In the end, this unscrupulous American was also assassinated. The work powerfully exposes and satirizes the vicious actions of both old and new colonialism. At the same time, the author also depicts a romantic entanglement between the American and Phuong, a beautiful Vietnamese girl, as well as the other male protagonist, Mr. Fowler, a British journalist stationed in Vietnam for a newspaper, greatly enhancing the readability of this serious work.