tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-934096967055481899.post7595692975497340582..comments2024-03-04T11:22:53.502-05:00Comments on Fifty Books Project 2023: Travels with My Aunt by Graham GreeneFifty Books Projecthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08640286429668778869noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-934096967055481899.post-48066668231321967312011-03-08T00:22:39.070-05:002011-03-08T00:22:39.070-05:00Also, nihilistic might be too strong, but i though...Also, nihilistic might be too strong, but i thought hedonistic, definitely. I'm open to reassessment.Brent Waggonerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05121696882391723790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-934096967055481899.post-70170218470792466932011-03-08T00:22:14.251-05:002011-03-08T00:22:14.251-05:00I'll have to see if I can track down my copy. ...I'll have to see if I can track down my copy. I think I touched on it in my review, maybe?Brent Waggonerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05121696882391723790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-934096967055481899.post-72772131193184457662011-03-07T21:55:39.242-05:002011-03-07T21:55:39.242-05:00I didn't read it as nihilist or hedonistic. I...I didn't read it as nihilist or hedonistic. I read it as a character devoting himself to more difficult, less stable pleasures. Why do you think it's nihilistic?Christopherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12500451355263180972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-934096967055481899.post-61895659958450042002011-03-07T13:55:26.691-05:002011-03-07T13:55:26.691-05:00This is a good review, but I'm surprised you d...This is a good review, but I'm surprised you didn't mention the actual ending--that is, (SPOILER) that he ultimately decides happiness in pursuit of a sort of nihilist hedonism is the best thing he can do. Contrast this to most of Greene's heroes, who find that, while religion might not make them very happy, it's the only thing that can really make them work at all. <br /><br />In most of his novels, the bigger picture is all that makes life worth living, even if that living is mostly miserable. I read Travels as coming from a far more bitter, cynical Greene than penned The Power and the Glory. You should definitely read Monsignour Quixote.Brent Waggonerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05121696882391723790noreply@blogger.com