Graham Green is one of the greatest English novelist of the 20th century. He is also one of the most prolific writers, for he has written in all about thirty works or fictions, not to mention many short stories, some film-scripts, children's books, travel books, a few plays, an impressive number of essays and articles, and two autobiographical books. In the last work mentioned, he confesses: "Writing is a form of therapy; sometimes I wonder how all those who do not write, compose or paint can manage to escape the madness, the melancholia, the panic fear which is inherent in the human situation". Graham Green is often called a Catholic novelist. This is perhaps a convenient label for literary critics, but it is slightly misleading. At one stage of his career, from the 1930s to the 1950s, Catholicism was a major source of inspiration for him. In this respect, three novvels deserve special attention: Brighton Rock, the story of a young English gangster, on the way to damnation; The Power and the Glory, the story of a "bad" Mexican priest, a "whisky-priest", who unwillingly come close to sainthood, during a period of persecution; and The Hearth of Matter, when he told a Time reporter: I wrote a book about a man who goes to hell - Brighton Rock- another about another who goes to heaven- The Power and the Glory. Now I've simply written one about a man who goes to purgatory".
Casalino Pierluigi
Casalino Pierluigi