The Quiet American
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The Quiet American is a 1955 political novel by Graham Greene that explores moral ambiguity, love, and early U.S. involvement in Vietnam through the intertwined lives of a British journalist and an idealistic American.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Quiet American canonical | 6 |
| The Quiet American (1958 film) | 1 |
| The Quiet American (2002 film) | 1 |
| The Quiet American (novel) | 1 |
| The Quiet American (screenplay) | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
novel
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political novel ⓘ |
| adaptation |
The Quiet American
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The Quiet American (1958 film)
The Quiet American ⓘ
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The Quiet American (2002 film)
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| author | Graham Greene ⓘ |
| characterRole |
Alden Pyle is an idealistic American
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Phuong is Fowler’s Vietnamese lover ⓘ Thomas Fowler is a British journalist ⓘ |
| containsElement |
espionage
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political intrigue ⓘ romantic triangle ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| coverArtist | Val Biro ⓘ |
| filmAdaptationDirector |
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
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Phillip Noyce ⓘ |
| filmAdaptationYear |
1958
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2002 ⓘ |
| followedBy | Our Man in Havana ⓘ |
| genre |
political fiction
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romantic novel ⓘ war novel ⓘ |
| hasISBN | 978-0-14-200138-6 ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Graham Greene’s experiences as a correspondent in French Indochina ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | postwar literature ⓘ |
| literarySignificance |
considered a classic of 20th-century English literature
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noted for its critique of American foreign policy ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Alden Pyle
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Phuong ⓘ Thomas Fowler ⓘ |
| narrativePointOfView | first-person ⓘ |
| narrator | Thomas Fowler ⓘ |
| originalMedium | print ⓘ |
| pageCount | 180 ⓘ |
| placeInAuthorOeuvre | one of Graham Greene’s major novels ⓘ |
| precededBy | The End of the Affair ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1955 ⓘ |
| publisher | William Heinemann ⓘ |
| setDuring | French colonial rule in Vietnam ⓘ |
| settingLocation |
Saigon
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Viet Nam ⓘ
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Vietnam
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| settingTime | First Indochina War ⓘ |
| theme |
colonialism
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early U.S. involvement in Vietnam ⓘ love ⓘ moral ambiguity ⓘ political idealism versus realism ⓘ responsibility for violence ⓘ |
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Graham Greene
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The Quiet American (2002 film)
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The Quiet American (screenplay)
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The Quiet American (1958 film)
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The Quiet American (novel)