by Graham Greene, Jane Green · Edicions 62 · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788429722390
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«L'americà tranquil» is the novel by Graham Greene and Jane Green, published by Edicions 62 in paperback (256 pages, in Catalan).
Saigon, Indochina War. The murder of Alden Pyle, an American sent to Vietnam in 1952, is the trigger for a story narrated by correspondent Thomas Fowler, who recalls his relationship with Pyle and with the young Vietnamese woman Phuong. Between the love triangle and colonial tension, the novel portrays the idealism and dangers of US intervention in Asia.
Volume 20 of the Llibres a Mà collection, first edition. Original title: The Quiet American; translation from English into Catalan by Eulàlia Presas i Plana. Published in 1985.
For readers seeking a novel of intrigue with political and colonial undertones.
Henry Graham Greene was an English writer and journalist regarded by many as one of the leading novelists of the 20th century.
