
In "The End of the Affair" by Graham Greene, the novel explores the complexities of a love triangle during World War II in London. The story delves into the themes of adultery, obsession, and struggles with religious faith, all narrated through the perspectives of the characters involved. Greene's writing style is described as insightful, concise, and introspective, capturing the angst of an affair while also delving into deeper philosophical and religious themes.
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Content warnings for The End of the Affair include themes of infidelity, emotional manipulation, death, religious conflict, and characters experiencing existential crises.
Has Romance?
The romance in The End of the Affair is complex, characterized by passion, jealousy, and tragedy, providing a medium level of romantic emphasis as it intertwines with themes of despair and spirituality.
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"A story has no beginning or end: arbitrarily one chooses a moment of experience from which to look ahead…"
"This is a record of hate far more than of love," writes Maurice Bendrix in the opening passages of The End of the Affair, and it is a strange hate indeed that compels him to set down the retrospective account of his adulterous affair with Sarah Miles. Now, a year after Sarah's death, Bendrix seeks to exorcise the persistence of his passion by retracing its course from obsessive love to love-hate. At first, he believes he hates Sarah and her husband, Henry. Yet as he delves further into his emotional outlook, Bendrix's hatred shifts to the God he feels has broken his life, but whose existence at last comes to recognize.
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An internal exploration of love and hate, loss, grief and faith.
About the Author:
Graham Greene was born in 1904. While at Balliol College, Oxford, he published his first book of verse. He continues to write throughout his lifetime, and is the author of The Third Man, Our Man in Havana, The Quiet American,…
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