Quiet American

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gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:novel
gptkbp:adaptation gptkb:radio_station
gptkb:theater
gptkb:film
gptkbp:adaptation_year gptkb:1956
gptkbp:author gptkb:Graham_Greene
gptkbp:awards gptkb:James_Tait_Black_Memorial_Prize
gptkbp:character_development relationship dynamics
Alden Pyle's idealism
Thomas Fowler's moral dilemmas
gptkbp:critical_reception positive
gptkbp:cultural_impact inspired discussions on ethics
influenced film noir
discussed in academic studies
adapted into graphic novels
explored in literary criticism
gptkbp:director gptkb:Phillip_Noyce
gptkbp:film gptkb:Do_Thi_Hai_Yen
gptkb:Brendan_Fraser
gptkb:Michael_Caine
gptkbp:genre political fiction
gptkbp:historical_context gptkb:French_Indochina_War
Cold War tensions
American involvement in Vietnam
post-World War II politics
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Quiet American
gptkbp:influence post-colonial literature
Vietnam War literature
gptkbp:isbn 978-0-14-303998-3
gptkbp:language English
gptkbp:literary_devices gptkb:metaphor
gptkb:dialogue
imagery
irony
foreshadowing
gptkbp:main_character gptkb:Alden_Pyle
gptkb:Thomas_Fowler
gptkbp:narrative_style first-person
third-person
gptkbp:page_count 256
gptkbp:published_in gptkb:1955
gptkbp:publisher Heinemann
gptkbp:radio_adaptation_network gptkb:BBC
gptkbp:release_year gptkb:2002
gptkb:2006
gptkbp:setting gptkb:Vietnam
gptkbp:symbolism the river
innocence vs experience
the war
the city of Saigon
the quiet American
gptkbp:theatre_adaptation_playwright gptkb:David_Mamet
gptkbp:theme gptkb:colonialism
innocence
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Real_Quiet
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5