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- 349pagine
- 13 ore di lettura
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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 1930's, one Mexican state has outlawed the Church, naming it a source of greed and debauchery. The priests have been rounded up and forced to marry, abandoning their faith, or been put in front of a firing squad--save one, Padre José, the whisky priest. On the run, and in a blur of alcohol and fear, this fugitive meets a dentist, a banana farmer, and a village woman he knew six years earlier. For a while, he is accompanied by a toothless man--whom he refers to as his Judas and does his best to ditch. Always, a patriotic lieutenant is only a few hours behind, determined to liberate his country from the evils of the Church. Greene has drawn Padre José--and all he encounters--vividly and viscerally. He may have said The Power and the Glory was "written to a thesis," but this brilliant theological thriller has far more mysteries--and troubling ideals--than certainties. --Joannie Kervran Stangeland
Acquisto del libro
Svetová knižnica SME - 23: Moc a sláva, Graham Greene
- Lingua
- Pubblicato
- 2005
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- (Copertina rigida)
Metodi di pagamento
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- Lingua
- Slovacco
- Autori
- Graham Greene
- Editore
- Petit Press
- Pubblicato
- 2005
- Formato
- Copertina rigida
- Pagine
- 349
- ISBN10
- 8085585332
- ISBN13
- 9788085585339
- Serie
- Tag
- Narrativa, Temi religiosi, Politica, Temi cristiani, Romanzi sociali, Chiesa Cattolica, Preti, Sacerdotale
- Prima pubblicazione
- 1940
- Titolo originale
- The Power and the Glory
- Valutazione
- 3,9 su 5
- Descrizione
- 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 1930's, one Mexican state has outlawed the Church, naming it a source of greed and debauchery. The priests have been rounded up and forced to marry, abandoning their faith, or been put in front of a firing squad--save one, Padre José, the whisky priest. On the run, and in a blur of alcohol and fear, this fugitive meets a dentist, a banana farmer, and a village woman he knew six years earlier. For a while, he is accompanied by a toothless man--whom he refers to as his Judas and does his best to ditch. Always, a patriotic lieutenant is only a few hours behind, determined to liberate his country from the evils of the Church. Greene has drawn Padre José--and all he encounters--vividly and viscerally. He may have said The Power and the Glory was "written to a thesis," but this brilliant theological thriller has far more mysteries--and troubling ideals--than certainties. --Joannie Kervran Stangeland