Ai qing de jin tou

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Graham Greene: Ai qing de jin tou (Chinese language, 2001, Shi bao wen hua chu ban gong si)

256 pages

Chinese language

Published Aug. 6, 2001 by Shi bao wen hua chu ban gong si.

ISBN:
978-957-13-3432-5
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OCLC Number:
49996414

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4 stars (6 reviews)

The story of an obsessive love affair between a married woman and a young up-and-coming writer. Almost as soon as he begins the affair the writer realizes it cannot last though he still cannot stop himself from becoming jealous of the woman’s husband and cannot bring himself to end it.

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I didn't mind [b:Brighton Road|490127|Brighton Road|Susan Carroll|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175189907s/490127.jpg|478361] at all, and I put up with [b:The Heart of the Matter|3692|The Heart of the Matter|Graham Greene|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1266448657s/3692.jpg|3266950] when it took its turn, but [b:The End of the Affair|29641|The End of the Affair|Graham Greene|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1239559671s/29641.jpg|267229] is just too damned Catholic-angsty for me. I'm through with his arguing-with-God period.

I also thought the writing was really clumsy. He's gone for a first-person narrator, but then has to use devices like verbatim reports from private investigators, quoted entries from purloined diaries, and letters arriving late addressed from the deceased... all unconvincingly and conveniently worded to advance the plot.

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