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Shaula Evans @[email protected] · 2026-07-17 · 01:47 UTC

It's good time to read Graham Greene.

I read "The Power and the Glory" in my late teens / early 20s (I don't recall the exact year), and was deeply moved by it. I'm not sure it would land the same way now. Your mileage may vary.

If you've never read Greene before and you're over 25, I would warmly recommend "A Burnt-Out Case".

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Shaula Evans @[email protected] · 2026-07-17 · 01:47 UTC

It's good time to read Graham Greene.

I read "The Power and the Glory" in my late teens / early 20s (I don't recall the exact year), and was deeply moved by it. I'm not sure it would land the same way now. Your mileage may vary.

If you've never read Greene before and you're over 25, I would warmly recommend "A Burnt-Out Case".

@bookstodon

#GrahamGreene #Books #Bookstodon

#grahamgreene #books #bookstodon

Shaula Evans @[email protected] · 2026-07-17 · 01:47 UTC

It's good time to read Graham Greene.

I read "The Power and the Glory" in my late teens / early 20s (I don't recall the exact year), and was deeply moved by it. I'm not sure it would land the same way now. Your mileage may vary.

If you've never read Greene before and you're over 25, I would warmly recommend "A Burnt-Out Case".

@bookstodon

#GrahamGreene #Books #Bookstodon

#grahamgreene #books #bookstodon

Shaula Evans @[email protected] · 2026-07-17 · 01:47 UTC

It's good time to read Graham Greene.

I read "The Power and the Glory" in my late teens / early 20s (I don't recall the exact year), and was deeply moved by it. I'm not sure it would land the same way now. Your mileage may vary.

If you've never read Greene before and you're over 25, I would warmly recommend "A Burnt-Out Case".

@bookstodon

#GrahamGreene #Books #Bookstodon

#grahamgreene #books #bookstodon

Shaula Evans @[email protected] · 2026-07-17 · 01:47 UTC

It's good time to read Graham Greene.

I read "The Power and the Glory" in my late teens / early 20s (I don't recall the exact year), and was deeply moved by it. I'm not sure it would land the same way now. Your mileage may vary.

If you've never read Greene before and you're over 25, I would warmly recommend "A Burnt-Out Case".

@bookstodon

#GrahamGreene #Books #Bookstodon

#bookstodon #books #grahamgreene

Mediathekperlen @[email protected] · 2026-07-04 · 04:30 UTC

Kevin Costner – „Der mit dem Wolf tanzt“ (1990)

Dieser Film steht auch 35 Jahre später noch immer wie ein Monument über dem ganzen Genre des Westerns. Über drei Stunden, die 1990 gewirkt haben, wie ein Manifest der Entschleunigung gegen das zynische Actionkino der Reagan Ära. Und die sich zugleich wie eine große Geste der Wiedergutmachung angefühlt haben. Das Weltkino hat das als humanistische Sensation gefeiert. Sieben Oscars. Standing Ovations. Endlich Respekt für indigene Figuren im Mainstream. Doch Respekt ist leider nicht dasselbe wie eine Dekolonisierung des Blickes. (ARD, Wh.)

Zum Blog: https://nexxtpress.de/mediathekperlen/kevin-costner-der-mit-dem-wolf-tanzt-1990/

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Mediathekperlen @[email protected] · 2026-07-04 · 04:30 UTC

Kevin Costner – „Der mit dem Wolf tanzt“ (1990)

Dieser Film steht auch 35 Jahre später noch immer wie ein Monument über dem ganzen Genre des Westerns. Über drei Stunden, die 1990 gewirkt haben, wie ein Manifest der Entschleunigung gegen das zynische Actionkino der Reagan Ära. Und die sich zugleich wie eine große Geste der Wiedergutmachung angefühlt haben. Das Weltkino hat das als humanistische Sensation gefeiert. Sieben Oscars. Standing Ovations. Endlich Respekt für indigene Figuren im Mainstream. Doch Respekt ist leider nicht dasselbe wie eine Dekolonisierung des Blickes. (ARD, Wh.)

Zum Blog: https://nexxtpress.de/mediathekperlen/kevin-costner-der-mit-dem-wolf-tanzt-1990/

#anniecostner #blockbuster #charlesrocket #creativecommons #deansemler #dorisleadercharge

Mediathekperlen @[email protected] · 2026-07-04 · 04:30 UTC

Kevin Costner – „Der mit dem Wolf tanzt“ (1990)

Dieser Film steht auch 35 Jahre später noch immer wie ein Monument über dem ganzen Genre des Westerns. Über drei Stunden, die 1990 gewirkt haben, wie ein Manifest der Entschleunigung gegen das zynische Actionkino der Reagan Ära. Und die sich zugleich wie eine große Geste der Wiedergutmachung angefühlt haben. Das Weltkino hat das als humanistische Sensation gefeiert. Sieben Oscars. Standing Ovations. Endlich Respekt für indigene Figuren im Mainstream. Doch Respekt ist leider nicht dasselbe wie eine Dekolonisierung des Blickes. (ARD, Wh.)

Zum Blog: https://nexxtpress.de/mediathekperlen/kevin-costner-der-mit-dem-wolf-tanzt-1990/

#anniecostner #blockbuster #charlesrocket #creativecommons #deansemler #dorisleadercharge

Mediathekperlen @[email protected] · 2026-07-04 · 04:30 UTC

Kevin Costner – „Der mit dem Wolf tanzt“ (1990)

Dieser Film steht auch 35 Jahre später noch immer wie ein Monument über dem ganzen Genre des Westerns. Über drei Stunden, die 1990 gewirkt haben, wie ein Manifest der Entschleunigung gegen das zynische Actionkino der Reagan Ära. Und die sich zugleich wie eine große Geste der Wiedergutmachung angefühlt haben. Das Weltkino hat das als humanistische Sensation gefeiert. Sieben Oscars. Standing Ovations. Endlich Respekt für indigene Figuren im Mainstream. Doch Respekt ist leider nicht dasselbe wie eine Dekolonisierung des Blickes. (ARD, Wh.)

Zum Blog: https://nexxtpress.de/mediathekperlen/kevin-costner-der-mit-dem-wolf-tanzt-1990/

#anniecostner #blockbuster #charlesrocket #creativecommons #deansemler #dorisleadercharge

Mediathekperlen @[email protected] · 2026-07-04 · 04:30 UTC

Kevin Costner – „Der mit dem Wolf tanzt“ (1990)

Dieser Film steht auch 35 Jahre später noch immer wie ein Monument über dem ganzen Genre des Westerns. Über drei Stunden, die 1990 gewirkt haben, wie ein Manifest der Entschleunigung gegen das zynische Actionkino der Reagan Ära. Und die sich zugleich wie eine große Geste der Wiedergutmachung angefühlt haben. Das Weltkino hat das als humanistische Sensation gefeiert. Sieben Oscars. Standing Ovations. Endlich Respekt für indigene Figuren im Mainstream. Doch Respekt ist leider nicht dasselbe wie eine Dekolonisierung des Blickes. (ARD, Wh.)

Zum Blog: https://nexxtpress.de/mediathekperlen/kevin-costner-der-mit-dem-wolf-tanzt-1990/

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Vassil Nikolov | Васил Николов @[email protected] · 2026-06-22 · 13:32 UTC

«"I often quote Graham Greene – 'the credit balance of the writer is his childhood' – and in that sense I was a millionaire."»
—David Cornwell, best known as John le Carré, before the BBC.

Graham Greene, too, was a spy, among other things.
(You have read _The Human Factor_ and _Our Man in Havana_, haven't you?)

And here is a fragment from John le Carré's _Smiley's People_, where Smiley finds Esterhase in his element as a shady art dealer.

SMILEY (examining the underside of a bronze statuette)
Toby, if this is a Degas, shouldn't it be numbered?

ESTERHASE
Degas, George... Degas is a very gray area.

***

Oh, and do read _The Looking-Glass War_.

BBC article:
'His life was one of fantasy': How John le Carré's spy novels were shaped by his con-man father
<https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20260619-how-john-le-carrs-spy-novels-were-shaped-by-his-con-man-father>

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#JohnLeCarre
#JohnLeCarré
#SpyFiction

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Vassil Nikolov | Васил Николов @[email protected] · 2026-06-22 · 13:32 UTC

«"I often quote Graham Greene – 'the credit balance of the writer is his childhood' – and in that sense I was a millionaire."»
—David Cornwell, best known as John le Carré, before the BBC.

Graham Greene, too, was a spy, among other things.
(You have read _The Human Factor_ and _Our Man in Havana_, haven't you?)

And here is a fragment from John le Carré's _Smiley's People_, where Smiley finds Esterhase in his element as a shady art dealer.

SMILEY (examining the underside of a bronze statuette)
Toby, if this is a Degas, shouldn't it be numbered?

ESTERHASE
Degas, George... Degas is a very gray area.

***

Oh, and do read _The Looking-Glass War_.

BBC article:
'His life was one of fantasy': How John le Carré's spy novels were shaped by his con-man father
<https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20260619-how-john-le-carrs-spy-novels-were-shaped-by-his-con-man-father>

#GrahamGreene
#JohnLeCarre
#JohnLeCarré
#SpyFiction

#grahamgreene #johnlecarre #spyfiction

Vassil Nikolov | Васил Николов @[email protected] · 2026-06-22 · 13:32 UTC

«"I often quote Graham Greene – 'the credit balance of the writer is his childhood' – and in that sense I was a millionaire."»
—David Cornwell, best known as John le Carré, before the BBC.

Graham Greene, too, was a spy, among other things.
(You have read _The Human Factor_ and _Our Man in Havana_, haven't you?)

And here is a fragment from John le Carré's _Smiley's People_, where Smiley finds Esterhase in his element as a shady art dealer.

SMILEY (examining the underside of a bronze statuette)
Toby, if this is a Degas, shouldn't it be numbered?

ESTERHASE
Degas, George... Degas is a very gray area.

***

Oh, and do read _The Looking-Glass War_.

BBC article:
'His life was one of fantasy': How John le Carré's spy novels were shaped by his con-man father
<https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20260619-how-john-le-carrs-spy-novels-were-shaped-by-his-con-man-father>

#GrahamGreene
#JohnLeCarre
#JohnLeCarré
#SpyFiction

#grahamgreene #johnlecarre #spyfiction

Vassil Nikolov | Васил Николов @[email protected] · 2026-06-22 · 13:32 UTC

«"I often quote Graham Greene – 'the credit balance of the writer is his childhood' – and in that sense I was a millionaire."»
—David Cornwell, best known as John le Carré, before the BBC.

Graham Greene, too, was a spy, among other things.
(You have read _The Human Factor_ and _Our Man in Havana_, haven't you?)

And here is a fragment from John le Carré's _Smiley's People_, where Smiley finds Esterhase in his element as a shady art dealer.

SMILEY (examining the underside of a bronze statuette)
Toby, if this is a Degas, shouldn't it be numbered?

ESTERHASE
Degas, George... Degas is a very gray area.

***

Oh, and do read _The Looking-Glass War_.

BBC article:
'His life was one of fantasy': How John le Carré's spy novels were shaped by his con-man father
<https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20260619-how-john-le-carrs-spy-novels-were-shaped-by-his-con-man-father>

#GrahamGreene
#JohnLeCarre
#JohnLeCarré
#SpyFiction

#grahamgreene #johnlecarre #spyfiction

Vassil Nikolov | Васил Николов @[email protected] · 2026-06-22 · 13:32 UTC

«"I often quote Graham Greene – 'the credit balance of the writer is his childhood' – and in that sense I was a millionaire."»
—David Cornwell, best known as John le Carré, before the BBC.

Graham Greene, too, was a spy, among other things.
(You have read _The Human Factor_ and _Our Man in Havana_, haven't you?)

And here is a fragment from John le Carré's _Smiley's People_, where Smiley finds Esterhase in his element as a shady art dealer.

SMILEY (examining the underside of a bronze statuette)
Toby, if this is a Degas, shouldn't it be numbered?

ESTERHASE
Degas, George... Degas is a very gray area.

***

Oh, and do read _The Looking-Glass War_.

BBC article:
'His life was one of fantasy': How John le Carré's spy novels were shaped by his con-man father
<https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20260619-how-john-le-carrs-spy-novels-were-shaped-by-his-con-man-father>

#GrahamGreene
#JohnLeCarre
#JohnLeCarré
#SpyFiction

#spyfiction #johnlecarre #grahamgreene