DOCSLIB.ORG

Read Book Journey Without Maps

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
Read Book Journey Without Maps JOURNEY WITHOUT MAPS PDF, EPUB, EBOOK Graham Greene,Paul Theroux | 242 pages | 06 Nov 2012 | Penguin Putnam Inc | 9780143039723 | English | New York, NY, United States Journey Without Maps PDF Book Not Greene's finest work by a long walk I am normally a huge fan of Graham Greene. But something did also shift. He also contributed hundreds of essays and film and book reviews to The Spectator and other journals, many of which appear in the late collection Reflections. A process that is, it seems, just about to start all over again. The country is divided somewhat between the "civilized" coastal areas and the "uncivilized" and unmapped - hence the title interior. There was a general sense of clunking and clanking, of parts being rearranged. A Brit traveling around Africa with a dozen native porters carrying everything from his knickers to his whiskey and barely ever naming his traveling-companion cousin could have made for quite a comic travel account. Everybody has taken a hit here. Greene took two, rather ropey ones produced for military planners from Britain and the US. More Details Readers also enjoyed. For English football this really is a journey without maps, an attempt to return to some modified version of reality at a time when the limits of the possible seem to shift every few days. His cousin also completes the journey with him, but she barely gets a mention, and in fact often you will forget that she is his travelling companion until there is another throwaway reference. Next up: a first step into the wild frontier that is the Premier League. Flag as Inappropriate This article will be permanently flagged as inappropriate and made unaccessible to everyone. It has a real British empire, God save the King side to it, there is a definite line between the "White man" and the "Natives", you can see Graham Greene is trying to cross that line and be more sensitive, but it doesn't stop him from treating his team very slightly better than slaves and then he just abandons them at the end to find their own way home. View all 3 comments. First, Greene's novels are told in different voices. Categories : Books by Graham Greene African travel books non-fiction books Liberian culture Heinemann publisher books Books about Liberia British travel books English non-fiction books. Rating details. Mark Steel. It does feel like his genuine experiences, although ever so slightly magic realism. Aug 11, Audrey rated it liked it. It is evident that this film was a burr under his skin because Graham brings it up again. After publishing four novels he was struggling to make a living, rootless in rented accommodation; so he turned to non-fiction. Liberia got its name because 'liberated' slaves from America emigrated here, and built the first sovereign state in Africa in Or not. English literature, the body of written works produced in the English language by inhabitants of the British Isles including Ireland from the 7th century to the present day. It's the first Greene book I've read and I read it in preparation for something else, not because I especially wanted to, so my review may be skewed. There was a general sense of clunking and clanking, of parts being rearranged. Help The Hungry. So while This is slight Greene, but even slight Greene has its rewards. If the defence still looks brittle, there is now a startling attacking-midfield depth, and no question that Frank Lampard has the tools to do some kind of job, whatever that job might end up being. Seriously random and seriously dull. I may try and read some of his other works soon to see if I can make more sense of his fiction. A minor rebuild is necessary, but this is a team still capable of touching rare heights. The use of the word devil is only a fault in the English translation of his guides and Greene explains that these devils could very easily be described as angels for their purpose was not a distinction of good or evil, but as guides into the spiritual world. On the upside there is genuine fascination in the return of Leeds United. Not all was hardship as Greene discovered many a unique native peoples, each with their own distinct dress, dance, and hospitality. The resulting work tells of two journeys. Vote Are you sure you want to submit this vote? Average rating 3. Querry, a world-famous architect, is the victim of a terrible attack of indifference: he no longer finds meaning in art or pleasure in life. Submit vote Cancel. This book is considered a classic of adventure travel. The abilities that made Greene a notable author are on display but to little effect. I missed the point of the odd seedy interludes set back in London, and the last chapter, with its stuff about Monrovia and the politicians, seems to wander off into some territory that left me lost. Journey Without Maps Writer Right now sport, in its gaudiest, liveliest form, feels like the opposite of these, an act of resistance. If the defence still looks brittle, there is now a startling attacking-midfield depth, and no question that Frank Lampard has the tools to do some kind of job, whatever that job might end up being. There is of course a good argument that VAR should simply be scrapped because of the extreme expense, the logistical drag, the basic pointlessness of dancing on the head of a pin over subjective points of detail in a time of crisis when amateur clubs and grassroots resources are going to the wall. Vanessa Woods. Stranger in the Forest. Is there still a place for this overblown show when death stalks the land and the nation is in a de facto state of emergency? Print Cite. North to the Night. Plus of course the actual football part was just starting to get interesting. Stay in Touch Sign up. Video Audio icon An illustration of an audio speaker. Now, can we please sue the estates of Vasco da Gama and Marco Polo for embarking for the East with wildly inaccurate maps? Firstly, based on the evidence of last season, there is a seam of outstanding young talent entering the Premier League machine. Fulham seem quite likely to be Fulham once again, which is a nice thing. The Miracle of Castel di Sangro. Most popular. And to some of those seasons, a subsequent season that follows the mini-season that followed the main season: all of this eliding together into a single ceaseless season without end or adequate punctuation. Western civilization had not yet impinged on either the human psyche or the social structure, and neither poverty, disease, nor hunger seemed able to quell the native spirit. About Journey without Maps His mind crowded with vivid images of Africa, Graham Greene set off in to discover Liberia, a remote and unfamiliar republic founded for released slaves. Also by Graham Greene. Learn More in these related Britannica articles:. In Arabian Nights. Looking for More Great Reads? No Premier League team reached the Champions League semi-finals. It was Greene's first trip outside of Europe. This is perhaps a cyclical thing as some of the most notable creators and goalscorers of the last five years either drift off or hit their late period. Be on the lookout for your Britannica newsletter to get trusted stories delivered right to your inbox. Journey Without Maps Reviews Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read. Mary Henley Rubio. He hoped to leave civilization and find the "heart of darkness" in Africa. Greene did encounter a number of white people along the way including American and English missionaries, a German adventurer, gold seekers and beachcombers. Greene documents the deplorable public health; there were only a handful of doctors in the whole country. Whilst reading this I was wondering if Graham lost a bet and was forced to go on t This was an interesting read but it does feel a bit dated now. Arriving anonymously at a Congo leper village, he is diagnosed as the mental equivalent of a The Long Trail. I lost the will to live somewhere during his report about a church service in Sierra Leone and didn't make it much further never mind as far as Liberia. At least one of Greene's maps showing areas that had not yet been explored by Westerners was marked "cannibals," and as it turns out, where I would live 50 years later. The Graduate History Review. He became ill halfway through the journey, during their stay at Zigiter, and almost died while in Zigi's Town, near the end of the trip. At the time, the only British map of Liberia had a large, empty, white space on it, and the only U. Edwidge Danticat. With more than 1, titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Missionaries are not even given credit for logic, for if one believes in Christianity at all, one must believe in its universal validity. Also, as GG allegedly returned to Sierra Leone during WW2 in spite of the hardships he encountered in neighboring Liberia is an interesting twist - not to mention his later travels to the Congo Basin. Let us know if you have suggestions to improve this article requires login. Querry, a world-famous architect, is the victim of a terrible attack of indifference: he no longer finds meaning in art or pleasure in life.
Load more

Recommended publications
  • Graham Greene and the Idea of Childhood
    GRAHAM GREENE AND THE IDEA OF CHILDHOOD APPROVED: Major Professor /?. /V?. Minor Professor g.>. Director of the Department of English D ean of the Graduate School GRAHAM GREENE AND THE IDEA OF CHILDHOOD THESIS Presented, to the Graduate Council of the North Texas State University in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements For the Degree of MASTER OF ARTS By Martha Frances Bell, B. A. Denton, Texas June, 1966 TABLE OF CONTENTS Chapter Page I. INTRODUCTION 1 II. FROM ROMANCE TO REALISM 12 III. FROM INNOCENCE TO EXPERIENCE 32 IV. FROM BOREDOM TO TERROR 47 V, FROM MELODRAMA TO TRAGEDY 54 VI. FROM SENTIMENT TO SUICIDE 73 VII. FROM SYMPATHY TO SAINTHOOD 97 VIII. CONCLUSION: FROM ORIGINAL SIN TO SALVATION 115 BIBLIOGRAPHY 121 ill CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION A .narked preoccupation with childhood is evident throughout the works of Graham Greene; it receives most obvious expression its his con- cern with the idea that the course of a man's life is determined during his early years, but many of his other obsessive themes, such as betray- al, pursuit, and failure, may be seen to have their roots in general types of experience 'which Green® evidently believes to be common to all children, Disappointments, in the form of "something hoped for not happening, something promised not fulfilled, something exciting turning • dull," * ar>d the forced recognition of the enormous gap between the ideal and the actual mark the transition from childhood to maturity for Greene, who has attempted to indicate in his fiction that great harm may be done by aclults who refuse to acknowledge that gap.
    [Show full text]
  • The Mystery of Evil in Five Works by Graham Greene
    W&M ScholarWorks Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects Theses, Dissertations, & Master Projects 1984 The Mystery of Evil in Five Works by Graham Greene Stephen D. Arata College of William & Mary - Arts & Sciences Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.wm.edu/etd Part of the English Language and Literature Commons Recommended Citation Arata, Stephen D., "The Mystery of Evil in Five Works by Graham Greene" (1984). Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects. Paper 1539625259. https://dx.doi.org/doi:10.21220/s2-6j1s-0j28 This Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by the Theses, Dissertations, & Master Projects at W&M ScholarWorks. It has been accepted for inclusion in Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects by an authorized administrator of W&M ScholarWorks. For more information, please contact [email protected]. The Mystery of Evil // in Five Works by Graham Greene A Thesis Presented to The Faculty of the Department of English The College of William and Mary in Virginia In Partial Fulfillment Of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts by Stephen D. Arata 1984 APPROVAL SHEET This thesis is submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree Master of Arts /;. WiaCe- Author Approved, September 1984 ABSTRACT Graham Greene's works in the 1930s reveal his obsession with the nature and source of evil in the world. The world for Greene is a sad and frightening place, where betrayal, injustice, and cruelty are the norm. His books of the 1930s, culminating in Brighton Rock (1938), are all, on some level, attempts to explain why this is so.
    [Show full text]
  • Postcolonial Film Adaptations of the Literature of Empire
    University of Tennessee, Knoxville TRACE: Tennessee Research and Creative Exchange Masters Theses Graduate School 5-2007 Writing Back With Light: Postcolonial Film Adaptations of the Literature of Empire Jerod R. Hollyfield University of Tennessee - Knoxville Follow this and additional works at: https://trace.tennessee.edu/utk_gradthes Part of the English Language and Literature Commons Recommended Citation Hollyfield, Jerod R., "Writing Back With Light: Postcolonial Film Adaptations of the Literature of Empire. " Master's Thesis, University of Tennessee, 2007. https://trace.tennessee.edu/utk_gradthes/246 This Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by the Graduate School at TRACE: Tennessee Research and Creative Exchange. It has been accepted for inclusion in Masters Theses by an authorized administrator of TRACE: Tennessee Research and Creative Exchange. For more information, please contact [email protected]. To the Graduate Council: I am submitting herewith a thesis written by Jerod R. Hollyfield entitled "Writing Back With Light: Postcolonial Film Adaptations of the Literature of Empire." I have examined the final electronic copy of this thesis for form and content and recommend that it be accepted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts, with a major in English. Charles Maland, Major Professor We have read this thesis and recommend its acceptance: Urmila Seshagiri, Christine Holmlund Accepted for the Council: Carolyn R. Hodges Vice Provost and Dean of the Graduate School (Original signatures are on file with official studentecor r ds.) To the Graduate Council: I am submitting a thesis written by Jerod Ra’Del Hollyfield entitled “Writing Back With Light: Postcolonial Film Adaptations of the Literature of Empire.” I have examined the final electronic copy of this thesis for form and content and recommend that it be accepted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master’s of Arts with a major in English.
    [Show full text]
  • West African Journal: a Travel Account
    A/I WEST AFRICAN JOURNAL: A TRAVEL ACCOUNT THESIS Presented to the Graduate Council of the North Texas State University in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements For the Degree of MASTER OF ARTS By Jacquelyn Fuller Hudson, B. A. Denton, Texas December, 1980 Hudson, Jacquelyn Fuller, West African Journal: A Travel Account. Master of Arts (English), December, 1980, 368 pp.. West African Journal: A Travel Account is a narrative of the author's trip in twelve West African countries. In the first chapter the author describes her previous travels and preparations for this trip and introduces her husband. She begins the second chapter with a dis- cussion of the benefits and hardships of independent travel and describes the hotels, restaurants, forms of transportation, and difficulties with language. The re- mainder of Chapter II is a close account of the first sixteen days of travel. The narrative continues chronologically in Chapters III through VIII. Each chapter pertains to a distinct stage of the trip. In Chapter IX, the author reviews her personal accomplishments during the journey, relates her and her husband's reactions on their return to the U.S., and concludes with some evocative descriptions of West Africa. TABLE OF CONTENTS Chapter Page I. INTRODUCTION II. IVORY COAST AND GHANA . 19 III. TOGO AND UPPER VOLTA . .r . 93 .139... IV. MALI AND SENEGAL . ..". .216... V. SIERRA LEONE AND LIBERIA . .282 VI. RETURN TO MALI . 314.... VII. NIGER AND BENIN.. .. .333... VIII. CAMEROON . .360... IX. CONCLUSION . 0... iii * c- IL2 1 1 42J C- r- C- C\- -) tJ It -- - - I f ho - fN .< Y.
    [Show full text]
  • Graham Greene Studies, Volume 1
    Stavick and Wise: Graham Greene Studies, Volume 1 Graham Greene Studies Volume 1, 2017 Graham Greene Birthplace Trust University of North Georgia Press Published by Nighthawks Open Institutional Repository, 2017 1 Graham Greene Studies, Vol. 1 [2017], Art. 1 Editors: Joyce Stavick and Jon Wise Editorial Board: Digital Editors: Jon Mehlferber Associate Editors: Ethan Howard Kayla Mehalcik Published by: University of North Georgia Press Dahlonega, Georgia The University of North Georgia Press is a teaching press, providing a service-learning environment for students to gain real life experiences in publishing and marketing. The entirety of the layout and design of this volume was created and executed by Ethan Howard, a student at the University of North Georgia. Cover Photo Courtesy of Bernard Diederich For more information, please visit: http://digitalcommons.northgeorgia.edu/ggs/ Copyright © 2017 by University of North Georgia Press. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in whole or in part without written permission from the publisher, except by reviewers who may quote brief excerpts in connection with a re- view in newspaper, magazine, or electronic publications; nor may any part of this book be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or other without the written permission from the publisher. Printed in the United States of America, 2017 https://digitalcommons.northgeorgia.edu/ggs/vol1/iss1/1 2 Stavick and Wise: Graham Greene Studies, Volume 1 In Memory of David R.A. Pearce, scholar, poet, and friend David Pearce was born in Whitstable in 1938.
    [Show full text]
  • Doctoral Degree Conferred Mat 20,1980
    The Phonology and Morphology of Kisi By George Tucker Childs A.B. (Stanford University) 1970 M.Ed. (University of Virginia) 1979 M.A. (University of California) 1982 C.Phil. (University of California) 1987 DISSERTATION Submitted in partial satisfaction of the requirements for the degree of DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY in LINGUISTICS in the GRADUATE DIVISION OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY Chairman Date r, DOCTORAL DEGREE CONFERRED MAT 20,1980 , Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. THE PHONOLOGY AND MORPHOLOGY OF KISI Copyright (£) 1988 All rights reserved. George Tucker Childs Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. THE PHONOLOGY AND MORPHOLOGY OF KISI George Tucker Childs ABSTRACT This dissertation describes the phonology and morphology of the Kisi language, a member of the Southern Branch of (West) Atlantic. The language is spoken in Guinea, Sierra Leone, and Liberia. After the introduction in Chapter 1 and an overview of the language in Chapter 2, I discuss the phonology of the language. The phonemic inventory has implosives, a full series of nasal compound stops, and a set of labialvelars. The vowels form a symmetrical seven- vowel pattern, and length is contrastive. Syllable structure is , C(G)V(V)(C), where the only consonants allowed to close syllables are the liquid and two nasals. Kisi is a tonal language with the following tones: Low, High, Extra-High (limited distribution), Rise, and Fall. Tone is used lexically with nouns and grammatically elsewhere, especially within the verbal morphology. In Chapter 4 I discuss the word classes of Kisi.
    [Show full text]
  • Diamonds and War in Sierra Leone: Cultural
    DIAMONDS AND WAR IN SIERRA LEONE: CULTURAL STRATEGIES FOR COMMERCIAL ADAPTATION TO ENDEMIC LOW-INTENSITY CONFLICT DAVID CASPAR FITHEN DEPARTMENT OF ANTHROPOLOGY UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON PhD 1999 i PREFACE Although this thesis is the product of a structured PhD programme undertaken at University College, London, from 1994-1998, it builds upon my own experience of the West African diamond industry gained between mid-1992 and mid-1994. During this period I was employed by a small Anglo- Nigerian mining company that hoped to operate in southeastern Sierra Leone. My responsibilities in this capacity were varied and included the management of hardware and prospecting and mining supervision. This experience provided a valuable insight into the mechanics of the industry and the sociopolitical environment within which it functions. Doing business was neither easy for me nor for the company for which I worked. We had arrived in the immediate aftermath of a military coup and in the midst of a bitter internal war. A large proportion of the internal population had been displaced and the economy was on the verge of collapse. In the interior, rebel insurgents waged an unpredictable guerrilla war — there was no front line, merely shifting foci of attacks on predominantly civilian targets. My employers had gambled the success of their venture on the ability of an authoritarian, militarised regime to strategically and tactically counter what was, at the time, considered to be nothing more than a rag-tag politically-confused band of disaffected and marginalised drop-outs. As time progressed and internal security steadily deteriorated in the face of the half-hearted efforts of the government army, it became clear to me that both my company and the state had gravely misjudged the situation.
    [Show full text]
  • Mood Spectrum in Graham Greene
    Mood Spectrum in Graham Greene Mood Spectrum in Graham Greene: 1929-1949 By Brian Edwards Mood Spectrum in Graham Greene: 1929-1949 By Brian Edwards This book first published 2015 Cambridge Scholars Publishing Lady Stephenson Library, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE6 2PA, UK British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library Copyright © 2015 by Brian Edwards All rights for this book reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior permission of the copyright owner. ISBN (10): 1-4438-8253-4 ISBN (13): 978-1-4438-8253-8 In Memoriam: Karen Carlson, Jeff Evans, Kathleen May, John Taylor, and Jade Phillips For My Inspirations: Keith and Kyle; Brandon and Caitlin Tempest and Emily And My Mentor: John V. Knapp I took the oars: the Pilot's boy Who now doth crazy go Laughed loud and long, and all the while His eyes went to and fro. `Ha! ha!' quoth he, `full plain I see The Devil knows how to row.’ —From The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, Samuel Taylor Coleridge TABLE OF CONTENTS List of Abbreviations .................................................................................. ix Preface ........................................................................................................ xi Chapter One ................................................................................................. 1 Manic Depression and the Artistic
    [Show full text]
  • Graham Greene: a Descriptive Catalog
    University of Kentucky UKnowledge Literature in English, British Isles English Language and Literature 1979 Graham Greene: A Descriptive Catalog Robert H. Miller University of Louisville Click here to let us know how access to this document benefits ou.y Thanks to the University of Kentucky Libraries and the University Press of Kentucky, this book is freely available to current faculty, students, and staff at the University of Kentucky. Find other University of Kentucky Books at uknowledge.uky.edu/upk. For more information, please contact UKnowledge at [email protected]. Recommended Citation Miller, Robert H., "Graham Greene: A Descriptive Catalog" (1979). Literature in English, British Isles. 22. https://uknowledge.uky.edu/upk_english_language_and_literature_british_isles/22 Graham Greene: A Descriptive Catalog This page intentionally left blank GRAHAM GREENE A Descriptive Catalog ROBERT H. MILLER Foreword by Harvey Curtis Webster THE UNIVERSITY PRESS OF KENTUCKY Copyright© 1979 by The University Press of Kentucky Paperback edition 2009 The University Press of Kentucky Scholarly publisher for the Commonwealth, serving Bellarmine University, Berea College, Centre College of Kentucky, Eastern Kentucky University, The Fuson Historical Society, Georgetown College, Kentucky Historical Society, Kentucky State University, Morehead State University, Murray State University, Northern Kentucky University, Transylvania University, University of Kentucky, University of Louisville, and Western Kentucky University. All rights reserved. Editorial and Sales Offices: The University Press of Kentucky 663 South Limestone Street, Lexington, Kentucky 40508-4008 www.kentuckypress.com Cataloging-in-Publication Data is available from the Library of Congress. ISBN 978-0-8131-9303-8 (pbk: acid-free paper) This book is printed on acid-free recycled paper meeting the requirements of the American National Standard for Permanence in Paper for Printed Library Materials.
    [Show full text]
  • Treatment of Sin, Evil and Thrill in the Works of Graham Greene A.Joycilin Shermila Annammal College of Education for Women, Tuticorin – 628 003
    2941 Joycilin Shermila/ Elixir Literature 35 (2011) 2941-2943 Available online at www.elixirpublishers.com (Elixir International Journal) Literature Elixir Literature 35 (2011) 2941-2943 Treatment of sin, evil and thrill in the works of graham Greene A.Joycilin Shermila Annammal College of Education for Women, Tuticorin – 628 003. ARTICLE INFO ABSTRACT Article history: Graham Greene is a colossal figure in twentieth century literature. He is a prolific writer and Received: 14 April 2011; has proved to be one of the main literary experts to the English speaking world. His writings Received in revised form: are not just pieces of entertainment. They have more profound meaning and significance. 21 May 2011; Greene’s childhood seemed to be unhappy. From the events and influences of Greene’s Accepted: 28 May 2011; early life readers can gather evidence of “flight, rebellion and misery during those first 1 sixteen years when the novelists is formed.” Being a sensitive boy, Greene felt cramped in Keywords the environment in which he was placed. From his book of essays, The Lost Childhood and Greene’s childhood, from his autobiography, A Sort of Life, we get an idea of Greene’s feeling of a sense of Lawless Roads, emptiness, boredom and lifeless depression during his early years. Leitmotif, © 2011 Elixir All rights reserved. Catholic. Introduction Greene portrays evil in all its possible dimensions. But, he Greene made many attempts to escape from these unhappy also wishes to resist it. Vexed by the problem of evil and feelings. He indulged in such neurotic acts as drinking hay fever suffering, Greene found the hint of an explanation in the Roman lotion, eating a bunch of deadly nightshade or taking twenty Catholic faith.
    [Show full text]
  • Graham Greene
    PERSPECTIVES Graham Greene This winter, Graham Greene's Ways of Escape, the long-awaited sequel to his first memoir, A Sort of Life (1971) will be published in New York. In the new book, the British novelist assembles a pastiche of recollections of his adventures around the world dur- ing the past 50 years-exploits that resulted in such vivid novels as The Power and the Glory, The Heart of the Matter, The Quiet American, and Our Man in Havana. Yet Greene has always brought a special dimension of faith to his novels. Here critic Frank McConnell reassesses Greene's penchant for "action" and "belief"-his long prolific career, his devotion to Catholicism and socialism, and his affinity with the movies. Selections from Greene's own writings follow. by Frank D. McConnell Imagine a not-quite young, not-quite happy man with a te- dious and/or dangerous job in a seedy, urban or colonial, locale. Now, imagine that something happens to force him to be- tray whatever is dearest to him-a loved one, an ideal, a creed. In the aftermath of his faithlessness, he comes to discover pre- cisely how dear was the person or thing he betrayed. In the corrosive admission of his failure, he learns, if he is lucky, to re- build his broken image of the world and to find his place in it. Now add scenes of grotesque violence and grim comedy, in- cidental characters (tawdry, sinister, and dotty), and a limpid prose style. You have, of course, conjured up any of the 23 novels of Graham Greene.
    [Show full text]
  • Journey Without Maps and the Lawless Roads
    Life on a Border The Psychological Journey in Graham Greene’s Journey Without Maps and The Lawless Roads By Kjartan Dannatt A Thesis presented to the Department of British and American Studies the University of Oslo in Partial Fulfilment of the Requirements for the MA degree Autumn Term 2004 Acknowledgements are due to Professor Jakob Lothe for inspiration and for helping me put this thesis together. My Mother and Father for proof-reading and for paying the rent. John Gravdal and Lisa Vesterås for helpful contributions. 2 Contents Chapter 1: Introduction 4 Chapter 2: Journey Without Maps 23 Chapter 3: The Lawless Roads 56 Chapter 4: Conclusion 86 References 94 3 Chapter 1 Introduction The aim of this thesis is to present a reading of Graham Greene’s Journey Without Maps and The Lawless Roads as an inward, psychological journey. This inner journey is motivated by a deep-felt sense of restlessness, alienation and displacement; it is an attempt at escape from a dysfunctional home society, a search for meaning and an alternative way of life. The psychological journey interacts with the actual, spatial journey; the experience of space triggers memories of the home and the self in the traveller’s mind. These memories are furthermore coloured by the expectations prompted by the journey and a desire to find a not- home. The narrative becomes the writing of an unstable, insecure and restless self, a perception of the self strongly connected to the numerous forces of modernisation that worked on Western society in the period between the two World Wars.
    [Show full text]