The End of the Affair
~ Graham Greene, Michael Gorra
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NorthLondongirl
~ 43-year-old woman in London, United Kingdom
The End of the Affair
“The narrator describes this book as a "record of hate" and there is something very compelling (whilst at the same time repugnant)...”
The Mayor of Casterbridge
“This book is so painful... Michael Henchard makes a massive mistake in the opening chapter, and then every attempt to put it...”
Bananafish5
~ 32-year-old woman in Seattle, WA
The End of the Affair
“This book gives voice to my struggles of a childhood spent in parochial schools. Among many other things.”
The Sun Also Rises
“My first Hemingway. After I graduated from college, I made the bullfight tour through northwestern Spain. Fell in love with food,...”
whiskeyandwater
~ 33-year-old woman in New York, NY
The End of the Affair
“My favorite! Note: I do not condone affairs, blatant Catholic allegories, or men with limps.”
Miracle in the Andes
“I'll read anything in the Triumph of the Human Spirit vein, if the spirit is triumphing over arctic or maritime disaster. After...”
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Nov 8, 2010, 5:46 AM
Undersolo, a 39-year-old man in Montreal
“I am so glad that I am a recovering Catholic! Yes, I was once in that camp, but I only read Greene's work after defecting. I think that sometimes he makes too much of the faith, but this book still moves me. It is probably one of the best novels about the conflict that can exist between faith and desire. A great choice, if I may say!”
Nov 8, 2010, 1:46 PM
Shutterbuggy, a 31-year-old woman in Glendale
“The Catholic concentration does get a little... tedious. I recently read The Heart of the Matter and really enjoyed that as well, but grew weary of the unmasked Catholic musings, because it seemed like if he just concentrated on the story and the characters, those concerns would come out naturally. But hell, he's Graham Greene, what do I know? He also wrote my all-time favorite movie, so he must be doing something right. Congratulations on your defection!”
Nov 1, 2010, 4:32 PM
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Undersolo, a 39-year-old man in Montreal
“Someone once wrote that this was the most painful example of a doomed love affair they had ever read. I am still moved by this work of Mr Greene and am glad to see it here.”