Ways of Escape (Masterplots II: Nonfiction Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Graham Greene
- First Published: 1980
- Type of Work: Autobiography
- Time of Work: 1929-1980
- Setting: Great Britain, Africa, Vietnam, Mexico, Haiti, Antibes, and Argentina
- Principal Characters: Graham Greene
- Genres: Nonfiction, Autobiography
- Subjects: Memory, Traveling or travelers, Authors or writers, Writing, Creative process, Life, philosophy of
Form and Content
Graham Greene’s autobiography consists of two volumes: A Sort of Life (1971) and Ways of Escape. The first volume covers the period from his birth in 1904 to the publication of the novel Stamboul Train (also known as Orient Express) in 1932. With some overlapping, the second volume traces his growth as a writer from his first published novel, The Man Within (1929), to Doctor Fischer of Geneva: Or, The Bomb Party (1980). Greene developed about half of the material for Ways of Escape from the...
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