The Quiet American
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The Quiet American is a 1955 political novel by Graham Greene that explores moral ambiguity, love, and early U.S. involvement in Vietnam through the intertwined lives of a British journalist and an idealistic American.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Quiet American canonical | 6 |
| The Quiet American (1958 film) | 1 |
| The Quiet American (2002 film) | 1 |
| The Quiet American (novel) | 1 |
| The Quiet American (screenplay) | 1 |
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Target entity: The Quiet American Context triple: [Graham Greene, notableWork, The Quiet American]
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The Painted Veil
The Painted Veil is a 2006 romantic drama film directed by John Curran, adapted from W. Somerset Maugham’s novel about a troubled marriage tested during a cholera epidemic in 1920s China.
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To Have and Have Not
To Have and Have Not is a 1937 novel by Ernest Hemingway that portrays a Depression-era fishing boat captain drawn into smuggling and moral conflict in Key West and Cuba.
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Secret War in Laos
Secret War in Laos refers to the covert U.S.-backed military campaign and proxy conflict in Laos during the Vietnam War era, involving the CIA, Hmong forces, and the Royal Lao Government against communist Pathet Lao and North Vietnamese forces.
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D.
Ghare-Baire
Ghare-Baire is a 1916 Bengali novel by Rabindranath Tagore that explores nationalism, gender, and personal freedom against the backdrop of the Swadeshi movement in colonial India.
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E.
The Naked and the Dead
The Naked and the Dead is a 1948 World War II novel by Norman Mailer that follows an American platoon in the Pacific and is widely regarded as one of the greatest war novels of the 20th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: The Quiet American Target entity description: The Quiet American is a 1955 political novel by Graham Greene that explores moral ambiguity, love, and early U.S. involvement in Vietnam through the intertwined lives of a British journalist and an idealistic American.
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A.
The Painted Veil
The Painted Veil is a 2006 romantic drama film directed by John Curran, adapted from W. Somerset Maugham’s novel about a troubled marriage tested during a cholera epidemic in 1920s China.
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B.
To Have and Have Not
To Have and Have Not is a 1937 novel by Ernest Hemingway that portrays a Depression-era fishing boat captain drawn into smuggling and moral conflict in Key West and Cuba.
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C.
Secret War in Laos
Secret War in Laos refers to the covert U.S.-backed military campaign and proxy conflict in Laos during the Vietnam War era, involving the CIA, Hmong forces, and the Royal Lao Government against communist Pathet Lao and North Vietnamese forces.
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D.
Ghare-Baire
Ghare-Baire is a 1916 Bengali novel by Rabindranath Tagore that explores nationalism, gender, and personal freedom against the backdrop of the Swadeshi movement in colonial India.
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E.
The Naked and the Dead
The Naked and the Dead is a 1948 World War II novel by Norman Mailer that follows an American platoon in the Pacific and is widely regarded as one of the greatest war novels of the 20th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
novel
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political novel ⓘ |
| adaptation |
The Quiet American
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
The Quiet American (1958 film)
The Quiet American ⓘ
surface form:
The Quiet American (2002 film)
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| author | Graham Greene ⓘ |
| characterRole |
Alden Pyle is an idealistic American
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Phuong is Fowler’s Vietnamese lover ⓘ Thomas Fowler is a British journalist ⓘ |
| containsElement |
espionage
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political intrigue ⓘ romantic triangle ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| coverArtist | Val Biro ⓘ |
| filmAdaptationDirector |
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
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Phillip Noyce ⓘ |
| filmAdaptationYear |
1958
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2002 ⓘ |
| followedBy | Our Man in Havana ⓘ |
| genre |
political fiction
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romantic novel ⓘ war novel ⓘ |
| hasISBN | 978-0-14-200138-6 ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Graham Greene’s experiences as a correspondent in French Indochina ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | postwar literature ⓘ |
| literarySignificance |
considered a classic of 20th-century English literature
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noted for its critique of American foreign policy ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Alden Pyle
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Phuong ⓘ Thomas Fowler ⓘ |
| narrativePointOfView | first-person ⓘ |
| narrator | Thomas Fowler ⓘ |
| originalMedium | print ⓘ |
| pageCount | 180 ⓘ |
| placeInAuthorOeuvre | one of Graham Greene’s major novels ⓘ |
| precededBy | The End of the Affair ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1955 ⓘ |
| publisher | William Heinemann ⓘ |
| setDuring | French colonial rule in Vietnam ⓘ |
| settingLocation |
Saigon
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Viet Nam ⓘ
surface form:
Vietnam
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| settingTime | First Indochina War ⓘ |
| theme |
colonialism
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early U.S. involvement in Vietnam ⓘ love ⓘ moral ambiguity ⓘ political idealism versus realism ⓘ responsibility for violence ⓘ |
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