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A Burnt-Out Case (1960) is a novel by English author Graham Greene, set in a leper colony on the upper reaches of a tributary of the Congo River in Africa.
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- 1960
Jan 1, 2004 · A famous architect struggling with a crisis of faith escapes to a leper colony in the Congo, in Graham Greene’s “greatest novel” ( Time ). Querry is a world-renowned architect noted for his magnificent churches, each designed not for the glory of God, but for the satisfaction of self.
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Apr 7, 1992 · A Burnt-Out Case (Classic, 20th-Century, Penguin) Paperback – April 7, 1992. Querry, a world-famous architect, is the victim of a terrible attack of indifference: he no longer finds meaning in art or pleasure in life.
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A Burnt-Out Case, novel by Graham Greene, published in 1961, that examines the possibility of redemption. The story opens as Querry, a European who has lost the ability to connect with emotion or spirituality, arrives at a church-run leprosarium in the Belgian Congo (now the Democratic Republic of.
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Jul 26, 2022 · a burnt-out case. by. graham greene. Publication date. 1961. Publisher. the viking press new york. Collection. internetarchivebooks; printdisabled; inlibrary.
Arriving anonymously at a Congo leper village, he is diagnosed as the mental equivalent of a “burnt-out case”, a leper who has gone through a stage of mutilation. However, as Querry loses himself in work for the lepers his disease of mind slowly approaches a cure.
Apr 10, 2018 · A famous architect struggling with a crisis of faith escapes to a leper colony in the Congo, in Graham Greene’s “greatest novel” (Time). Querry is a...