The Power and the Glory
A Classics, Novels, Religion book. When you visualized a man or a woman carefully, you could always begin to feel pity...
The last priest is on the run. During an anti-clerical purge in one of the southern states of Mexico, he is hunted like a hare. Too human for heroism, too humble for martyrdom, the little worldly 'whisky priest' is nevertheless impelled towards his squalid Calvary as much by his own compassion for humanity as by the efforts of his pursuers. A baleful vulture of doom hovers over this modern crucifixion story, but above the vulture soars an eagle -- the inevitability of the Church's triumph.
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- Pages: 222 pages
- ISBN: 9780140184990 / 140184996
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When you visualized a man or a woman carefully, you could always begin to feel pity . . . that was a quality God's image carried with it . . . when you saw the lines at the corners of the eyes, the shape of the mouth, how the hair grew, it was impossible to hate. Hate was just a failure of imagination. Graham Greene, The Power and the Glory // He had heard men talk of the unfairness of a death-bed repentance - as if it was an easy thing to break the habit of a life whether to do good or evil. Graham Greene, The Power and the Glory // But I'm a bad priest, you see. I know--from experience--how much beauty Satan carried down with him when he fell. Nobody ever said the fallen angels were the ugly ones. Oh, no, they were just as quick and light and . . . Graham Greene, The Power and the Glory //
Resulta demasiado fcil morir por lo bueno o hermoso, por el hogar o los hijos o la civilizacin: fue necesario un Dios que muriese por los hombres mezquinos y corrompidos. Este libro figura entre los 100 mejores libros desde los aos 20's al presente segn la revista Time. A mi me dej marcando ocupado (de ahi la falta de estrellas, pues... [9/10] a great book, I could easily have given it 5 stars, but I'm trying to curb my enthusiasm a little, seeing how high my overall rating is. What can I do? I love books and I'm not that difficult to please. Although pleasing is not the first thing that comes to mind about The Power and The Glory.Disturbing, heart wrenching, gloomy,... This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. I like books that have more questions than answers. But the questions have to be good, like this: "... she unhooked the child and held the face against the wood...Did she expect a miracle? And if she did, why should it not be granted her?...The priest...
