A Burnt-Out Case (Cyclopedia of Literary Places)
At a glance:
- Author: Graham Greene
- First Published: 1961
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Bildungsroman
- Time of Work: Mid-twentieth century
- Genres: Long fiction, Psychological fiction, Bildungsroman, Melodrama
- Subjects: Africa or Africans, Journalism or journalists, Murder or homicide, Twentieth century, Missions or missionaries, Religion, Alienation, Doctors, Emotions, Moral conditions, Catholics or Catholic Church, Leprosy
- Locales: Congo
Places Discussed
Leprosaria. Congolese village located hundreds of miles inland from the provincial capital Matadi and loosely structured upon leper communities that Graham Greene had visited during his travels through the Belgian Congo and what were then the Cameroons. Situated on a tributary of the “great river”—presumably the Congo River—the leprosaria is part mission and part treatment facility for those who suffer not only from Hansen’s disease (leprosy), but also from sicklaemia, tuberculosis, or elephantiasis. Its Roman Catholic church and state-supported...
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