- A Burnt-Out Case
Infobox Book |
name = A Burnt-Out Case
image_caption =
author =Graham Greene
country =United Kingdom
language = English
genre =Tragedy novel
publisher =Penguin Classics
release_date = 1960
media_type = Print (Hardback &Paperback )
isbn = ISBN 0-14-018539-9
preceded_by =Our Man in Havana
followed_by = The Comedians"A Burnt-Out Case" (1960) is a
novel by English authorGraham Greene .Plot summary
The plot concerns Querry, a world-famous architect, who is the victim of a terrible attack of indifference, he no longer finds meaning in art or pleasure in life. Arriving anonymously at a Congo
leper village, he is diagnosed - by Dr Colin, the resident doctor - as the mental equivalent of a 'burnt-out case', a leper who has gone through a stage of mutilation - see quotation below. However, Querry loses himself in working for the lepers, his disease of mind slowly approaches a cure. Then the white community finds out who Querry is...::'Perhaps Querry is also a patient,' Colin said.::'That's nonsense. I was thinking of the lepers - you have always dreamt of a school for rehabilitation, haven't you, if you could get the funds. For those poor burnt-out cases of yours.'::'Querry may also be a burnt-out case,' the doctor said. He looked at the fat man in the chair. 'Where now will he be able to find "his" therapy? Limelight is not very good for the mutilated.'
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