Complete Short Stories - (Penguin Classics) by Graham Greene (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><b>The complete stories of a 20th century master of fiction</b> <p/>Affairs, obsessions, ardors, fantasy, myth, legends, dreams, fear, pity, and violence--this magnificent collection of stories illuminates all corners of the human experience. Including four previously uncollected stories, this new complete edition reveals Graham Greene in a range of contrasting moods, sometimes cynical and witty, sometimes searching and philosophical. Each of these forty-nine stories confirms V. S. Pritchett's declaration that Greene is "a master of storytelling." This Penguin Classics edition features an introduction by Pico Iyer. <p/>For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>Graham Greene </b>(1904-1991), whose long life nearly spanned the length of the twentieth century, was one of its greatest novelists. Educated at Berkhamsted School and Balliol College, Oxford, he started his career as a sub-editor of <i>The Times of London. </i>He began to attract notice as a novelist with his fourth book, <i>Orient Express, </i>in 1932. In 1935, he trekked across northern Liberia, his first experience in Africa, recounted in <i>A Journey Without Maps </i>(1936). He converted to Catholicism in 1926, an edifying decision, and reported on religious persecution in Mexico in 1938 in <i>The Lawless Roads, </i>which served as a background for his famous <i>The Power and the Glory</i>, one of several "Catholic" novels (<i>Brighton Rock, The Heart of the Matter, The End of the Affair). </i>During the war he worked for the British secret service in Sierra Leone; afterward, he began wide-ranging travels as a journalist, which were reflected in novels such as <i>The Quiet American, Our Man in Havana, The Comedians, Travels with My Aunt, The Honorary Consul, The Human Factor, Monsignor Quixote, </i>and <i>The Captain and the Enemy. </i>In addition to his many novels, Graham Greene wrote several collections of short stories, four travel books, six plays, two books of autobiography--<i>A Sort of Life </i>and <i>Ways of Escape</i>--two biographies, and four books for children. He also contributed hundreds of essays and film and book reviews to <i>The Spectator </i>and other journals, many of which appear in the late collection <i>Reflections. </i>Most of his novels have been filmed, including <i>The Third Man</i>, which the author first wrote as a film treatment. Graham Greene was named Companion of Honour and received the Order of Merit among numerous other awards. <p/><b> Pico Iyer</b>, born in Oxford, England, and raised partly in California, is the author of several books about travel and culture, including <i>The Lady and the Monk, </i>and<i> The Global Soul. </i>His memoir, <i>The Man Within My Head</i> chronicles a life of fascination with Grahame Greene. He now lives in suburban Japan<b>.</b>
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