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End of the Affair, The
New York: The Viking Press, 1951. Item #06488
Graham Greene’s Great Novel of Love and Faith
Passion, Jealousy, and the Problem of Belief
GREENE, Graham. The End of the Affair. New York: The Viking Press, 1951.
First American edition. Octavo (8 x 5 3/8 inches; 203 x 136 mm.). [vi], [1-2], 3-240, [2, blank] pp.
Publisher's quarter black cloth over tan cloth boards, front cover lettered in green, spine lettered in gilt, top edge stained green. In the original printed dust jacket, minimal rubbing at jacket extremities, spine fractionally faded, still a fine copy in a near fine dust jacket.
A cornerstone novel by Graham Greene, widely regarded as one of his most powerful and personal works. The End of the Affair is a penetrating exploration of obsessive love, jealousy, and religious conversion, set against the backdrop of wartime and postwar London.
Narrated by Maurice Bendrix, a writer consumed by his affair with Sarah Miles and its abrupt, mysterious end, the novel unfolds as both a psychological confession and a metaphysical inquiry.
Greene weaves together themes of passion, betrayal, and grace, confronting the tension between human desire and divine intervention. The result is a work of remarkable emotional intensity, in which the boundaries between love, hatred, and faith are constantly tested.
Often described as one of Greene’s “Catholic novels,” the book nonetheless transcends doctrinal concerns, offering instead a deeply human meditation on suffering, belief, and the inexplicable movements of the heart. Its spare prose and moral complexity place it among the finest achievements of twentieth-century fiction.
Price: $450.00