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A Burnt-Out Case (1960) is a novel by English author Graham Greene, set in a leper colony on the upper reaches of a tributary of the Congo River in Africa.
- Graham Greene
- 1960
1 de jan. de 2004 · In Greene's A Burnt-out Case, his spiritually spent ("burnt-out") and self-denigrating protagonist, Querry--an architect and womanizer who has lost his passions--finds his actions misinterpreted and himself unwittingly proclaimed a hero, even a saint.
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26 de jul. de 2022 · a burnt-out case. by. graham greene. Publication date. 1961. Publisher. the viking press new york. Collection. internetarchivebooks; printdisabled; inlibrary.
Querry, a world-famous architect of churches, is burned out by his professional success, contemptuous of his clients, and guilty about the suicide of his mistress. Needing time and a place to recover, Querry, through sheer chance, travels to what he deems the end of the road, a leprosery in remote Africa.
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27 de ago. de 2010 · Wobbe, R.A. Graham Greene. Querry is assigned to a leper colony on the upper reaches of the Congo, run by a doctor as lacking in faith as he is himself.
7 de mai. de 2020 · A burnt-out case. by. Greene, Graham, 1904-1991, Verfasser. Publication date. 1961. Publisher. London Heinemann. Collection. internetarchivebooks; printdisabled; inlibrary.
7 de abr. de 1992 · Arriving anonymously at a Congo leper village, he is diagnosed as the mental equivalent of a "burnt-out case", a leper who has gone through a stage of mutilation....
