- Paperback: 120 pages
- Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd; New impression edition (26 Mar 1970)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0140028218
- ISBN-13: 978-0140028218
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,508,379 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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A collection of four pieces: UNDER THE GARDEN, A VISIT TO THE MORIN, DREAM OF A STRANGE LAND and A DISCOVERY IN THE WOODS. In the VINTAGE CLASSICS series. From the author of THE COMEDIANS and TRAVELS WITH MY AUNT.
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'Sheer mastery...compelling' Guardian
'Pure Greene, a masterpiece' Observer
'Pure Greene, a masterpiece' Observer
In these four stories, Graham Greene, one of the masters of modern English fiction, has allowed himself the liberty of fantasy, myth, legend and dream. The results are, quite simply, superb.
'In a short story, plot is necessarily more important than in a novel, but less important than treatment; here the treatment is masterly, truthful in the rarest of all fictional ways' Times Literary Supplement
'In this volume Graham Greene has soared above the level of excellence he usually sets himself' Spectator
'A literary tour de force...Greene's artistry is a rare and pre-eminent quality' Sunday Times --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Graham Greene, though a prolific writer, was not complacent and in these four stories he tries his hand at a more expressionist kind of writing than that with which readers of his realistic novels will be familar. He loses none of his sense of structure, of narrative or of character, however, and the results are compelling. 'Under the Garden' is a reminiscence from childhood which the narrator knows to be impossible, but which he maintains happened to him. It is eerie, grotesque and elegaic by turns. 'A Visit to the Morin' touches on more familiar themes, an encounter with a reclusive writer whose meditations on love, success and faith recall Querry in 'A Burnt Out Case'. 'Journey to a Strange Land' tells a story which is entirely credible yet genuinely strange. Its contrast between rich and poor, powerful and powerless in a Latin American dictatorship prefigures the work of Louis de Bernieres. Most memorable of all is the final story, 'Discovery in the Woods', which might seem a little dated now but brings home the potential consequences of the Cold War more powerfully than anything else I have read on the subject.
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Excellent afternoon reading
8 May 2005
Format:Paperback
At a mere 110 pages, Graham Greene's "A Sense Of Reality" is a short read. It is a collection of 4 short stories by Greene.
In "Under The Garden", a man afflicted with cancer returns to his old country home to relive a fantasy involving treasure he had experienced in his childhood. "A Visit To Morin" is a story where a man meets an old author whose books had impressed him in his young age. Now it turns out that the author has none of those earlier beliefs and the two debate about it over pegs of brandy. "In Dream Of A Strange Land", a patient who has discovered that he has leprosy tries to convince his doctor to allow him to continue to work in public. And finally, in "A Discovery In The Woods", a bunch of children in an isolated fishing village make a fascinating discovery. I loved this one the best in the book.
This is the first book by Greene I've read. I had only heard about him whenever R K Narayan was mentioned. The short stories certainly have a bit of that Narayan flavour and a lot of the quaint old English taste too. If you liked RKN, it's hard to not like this one. Excellently suited for an afternoon read.
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