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The Tenth Man

Autor Graham Greene
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 5 apr 2022
From the author of the classics Brighton Rock and The Power and the Glory, a morally complex tale about a man at the mercy of deadly forces while being held in a German prison camp during World War II. Featuring an introduction by the author and two other story ideas from his archives.

When Jean-Louis Chauvel, a French lawyer incarcerated in a German prison camp, is informed by his captors that three prisoners must die, he devises a plan for survival. Offering everything he owns to a fellow prisoner if he will take Chauvel’s place, he manages to escape the firing squad but soon discovers that he will continue to pay for this act for the rest of his life.

An unforgettable and suspenseful novel that “deserves a place at the top of the list of world’s best literature inspired by the war” (Houston Chronicle), The Tenth Man will haunt you long after you turn the final page.
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ISBN-13: 9781982199128
ISBN-10: 1982199121
Pagini: 160
Dimensiuni: 135 x 206 x 12 mm
Greutate: 0.14 kg
Ediția:Reissue edition
Editura: Washington Square Press

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Graham Greene was recognized as one of the leading English novelists of the twentieth century. Combining literary acclaim with widespread popularity, Greene’s best-known works include Brighton RockThe Heart of the MatterThe Quiet American, and The Power and the Glory. In addition to his careers as a journalist and novelist, Greene also wrote screenplays with his most successful effort being The Third Man. The Tenth Man was also written during his time at MGM. He was a member of the Order of Merit and a Companion of Honour and died in 1991.

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WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY THE AUTHORIn a prison in Occupied France during the Second World War, the order is given that every tenth inmate is to be executed. Destitute but free, Chavel later returns to the house that he sold for his life, where he must face the consequences of his cowardice and seek redemption.