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8489669325 Did not find readable Rithm slow to progress Slow to read, not very good The Power and the Glory eftir Graham Greene hefur af mörgum verið sögð vera hans besta saga. Hún er ein af kaþólsku bókunum hans þar sem hann gerir að umfjöllunarefni trú sína og glímu sögupersóna sinna við trú á almættið þrátt fyrir mótlæti og freistingar. Sagan lýsir flótta prests undan yfirvöldum í Mexíkó eftir enn eina byltinguna en í þetta skiptið hafa byltingaröflin beint spjótum sínum að kirkjunni og ýmist flæma prestana á flótta eða taka þá af lífi. Þessi fer hins vegar huldu höfði og sinnir köllun sinni áfram þrátt fyrir að vera breyskur og láta oft hugfallast. Greene tekur á margvíslegum hugarvíl prestsins og sagan minnir að sumu leiti á Job þegar Guð lét reyna að trú hans. Varð fyrir smá vonbrigðum með bókina. Fannst oft á tíðum trúarkrísurnar fyrirsjáanlegar og úrlausnirnar sömuleiðis en þrátt fyrir það kom sagan stundum á óvart. Fyrir þá hafa gaman af krísum og trúarpælingum þá er þetta hins vegar ágætis bók. A good book. Amazing writing, and it gets you thinking. Reminded me a lot of The Passenger which I read recently, which is about a jew stuck in Nazi Germany whilst this is about a Catholic priest stuck in Tabasco, Mexico in the 1930's during the Catholic purge. Same period of history same attempt to annihilate ideas... Interesting to read them side by side.
This is the story Greene was born to tell. With this novel, Greene brings all his considerable talent, craft, and gift for suspense to bear on a story that penetrates the heart of one tortured man’s mystery. For all its darkness and intensity, it’s a thrilling, page-turning read: the story is structured essentially as an extended chase across the barren landscape of Mexico—mirroring the even vaster desert spaces in the heart of the pursued Priest. Greene evokes the heat and dust and sweat of the country and its inhabitants with cinematic immediacy. The atmosphere is stifling, almost unbearably intense, and Greene’s capacity for storytelling invention never flags. Belongs to Publisher SeriesBlackbirds (1994.1) — 15 more Keltainen kirjasto (67) Lanterne (L 24) Medusa [Mondadori] (155) RBA Narrativa Actual (59) rororo (91) A tot vent (114) Viking Critical Library (1970) Zephyr Books (53) Is contained inHas the adaptationHas as a student's study guide
In a poor, remote section of southern Mexico, the Red Shirts have taken control, God has been outlawed, and the priests have been systematically hunted down and killed. Now, the last priest strives to overcome physical and moral cowardice in order to find redemption. 240 pp. No library descriptions found.
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![]() GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)823.912 — Literature English {except North American} English fiction Modern Period 1901-1999 1901-1945LC ClassificationRatingAverage:![]()
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