The End of the Affair -

Graham Greene

Compass

1961

240 páginas

8h 0m

ISBN-10: 0670000833

Maurice Bendrix, a writer in Clapham during the Blitz, develops an acquaintance with Sarah Miles, the bored, beautiful wife of a dull civil servant named Henry. Maurice claims it’s to divine a character for his novel-in-progress. That’s the first deception. What he really wants is Sarah, and what Sarah needs is a man with passion. So begins a series of reckless trysts doomed by Maurice’s increasing romantic demands and Sarah’s tortured sense of guilt. Then, after Maurice miraculously survives a bombing, Sarah ends the affair—quickly, absolutely, and without explanation. It’s only when Maurice crosses paths with Sarah’s husband that he discovers the fallout of their duplicity—and it’s more unexpected than Maurice, Henry, or Sarah herself could have imagined.

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5 (Perfeito)

que livro bom! uma história obsessiva, trágica e histérica. desde o começo é emocional e complexa, e só melhora ao ponto de uma loucura que te faz sentir o mesmo fanatismo das personagens.
a ideia do Deus onipotente e cruel, dele como um amante! me lembrou de “freedom is a length of hope, god wants you to hang yourself with it”.
livro fantástico e tenho certeza que vou pensar nele com frequência