The Quiet American

7 hrs. 23 min.

Classics

Language Russian

Author Graham Greene

Narrator Igor Knyazev

Description

The release of the novel sparked a scandal, and Grin was labeled “the most anti-American writer.”

The idea for the novel “The Quiet American” appeared for Graham Greene after he visited Indochina as a military correspondent for the London “Times.” The release of the novel sparked a scandal, and Greene was labeled “the most anti-American writer.” But time put everything in its place: the novel became a recognized classic, and the very title of the novel became a household name for American politicians who, by force, impose Western values in the countries of the Third World.

Vietnam of the early 1950s, Saigon. A pearl of Southeast Asia, a colonial paradise engulfed in the flames of war. “Hawks” from all corners of the world flocked here hoping to grab a tasty morsel. Against the backdrop of harsh, cynical politicians stands a naive young man—“the quiet American” Alden Pyle, dreaming of bringing goodness and the light of democracy to the whole world. However… who said that? “Beware of the Greeks bearing gifts…”