Seeds of Fiction : Graham Greene's Adventures in Haiti and Central America 19541983.
Title:
Seeds of Fiction : Graham Greene's Adventures in Haiti and Central America 19541983.
Author:
Diederich, Bernard.
ISBN:
9780720614862
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (337 pages)
Contents:
Front Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- List of Illustrations -- Foreword by Pico Iyer: 'Greene in the World' -- Introduction by Richard Greene -- Map of Hispaniola -- PART I Graham Greene in Haiti -- Seeds of Fiction -- A Quixotic Insurgency -- Loving Haiti -- A River of Blood -- The Poetry of Faith -- A Matter of Policy -- Blood in the Streets -- The Comedians -- Papa Doc Reacts to The Comedians -- After Papa Doc -- PART II On the Way Back: Graham Greene in Central America -- A Dictator with a Difference -- The Years Pass -- Rendezvous on a Pearl Island -- Getting to Know Chuchu -- Greene Goes to Washington -- Fair Wind for the Isthmus -- Operation Sir Francis Drake -- Waiting for the Guerrilla -- Our Man in Panama -- Managua Nights -- The General Is Dead! -- Greene's Other War -- A Night in Havana -- Master of Contradiction -- We'll Meet Again -- Epilogue -- Afterword -- Index -- Back Cover.
Abstract:
A major new biography of Graham Greene with extensive new material; exclusive, never-before-seen photographs of Greene on his travels; and full family cooperationAn essential read for fans of literary biography, this book finally and fully illuminates a pivotal episode in Graham Greene's life and career in the kind of detail that will sate any fans of his work, but which also provides a fascinating glimpse into a writer's life. In 1965, Greene joined journalist Bernard Diederich in the Dominican Republic to embark on a tour of its border with Haiti, then ruled by "Papa Doc" Duvalier. They were accompanied by activist priest Jean-Claude Bajeux. Diederich had known Greene since the mid-1950s and had lived in Haiti for 14 years. He was a seasoned correspondent for the British and North American press and had reported many stories from the region, including Castro's triumph in Cuba and the death of the Dominican dictator, Trujillo. In 1963, he had been thrown out of Haiti and when Greene arrived was working from the Dominican Republic. The famous novelist was 61 and depressed, having struggled to finish A Burnt-Out Case, and was being plagued by religious doubt; Bajeux, meanwhile, had been informed that his family had been "disappeared" by Duvalier's henchmen. As this trio traveled along the border they met a number of rebels and other characters later fictionalized in Greene's most politically charged novel, The Comedians, published the following year. This book tells the story of how a series of extraordinary and often hair-raising journeys gave one of the greatest novelists of the 20th century new inspiration in his writing.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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