Modern english literature

“ The Quiet American” is one of Graham Greene’s best works. It marks a new stage in the development of his talent. In “The Quiet American”, the author tells the truth about the war in Vietnam. The book deals with the war waged by the French colonizers against the Vietnamese people, who were fighting for their independence. It also presents the real nature of American diplomacy of that period. The novel conveys the idea that every nation has the right to decide its own future. Besides this, the author tries to convince the reader that no man, no journalist or writer in particular, can remain neutral; sooner or later he has to take sides. Among his latest works, there are several novels: “Doctor Fisher of Geneva or the Bomb Party” (1980), “Monsignor Quixote” (1982), “Getting to Know the General” (1984), “The Tenth Man” (1985), “The Captain and the Enemy” (1988). Besides, he wrote two volumes of autobiographies: “A Sort of Life” (1971) and “Ways of Escape” (1980).

• “ The Quiet American” is one of Graham Greene’s best works. It marks a new stage in the development of his talent. In “The Quiet American”, the author tells the truth about the war in Vietnam. The book deals with the war waged by the French colonizers against the Vietnamese people, who were fighting for their independence. It also presents the real nature of American diplomacy of that period. The novel conveys the idea that every nation has the right to decide its own future. Besides this, the author tries to convince the reader that no man, no journalist or writer in particular, can remain neutral; sooner or later he has to take sides. Among his latest works, there are several novels: “Doctor Fisher of Geneva or the Bomb Party” (1980), “Monsignor Quixote” (1982), “Getting to Know the General” (1984), “The Tenth Man” (1985), “The Captain and the Enemy” (1988). Besides, he wrote two volumes of autobiographies: “A Sort of Life” (1971) and “Ways of Escape” (1980).

Charles Percy Snow (1905-1980)

• Sir Charles Percy Snow was born in Leicester in 1905. By the end of the twenties he graduated from the University of Cambridge and went on working there in the field of molecular physics. Snow’s academic life continued until the beginning of World War II.