The Power and the Glory-权利与荣耀

作者： Graham Greene,John Updike

书名：The Power and the Glory《权利与荣耀》  

中文简介：格林的小说讲述了一个叛逆的罗马天主教“威士忌神父”（格林创造的一个术语）在20世纪30年代生活在墨西哥塔巴斯科州的故事，当时墨西哥政府正试图镇压天主教。这种镇压导致了克里斯蒂罗战争（1927-1929年），这场战争因其天主教战士的口号“基督万岁”（万岁）而得名。1941年，这部小说获得了霍桑登英国文学奖。2005年，它被《时代》杂志评为1923年以来的100部最佳英语小说之一。

英文简介：In a poor, remote section of Southern Mexico, the paramilitary group, the Red Shirts have taken control. God has been outlawed, and the priests have been systematically hunted down and killed. Now, the last priest is on the run. Too human for heroism, too humble for martyrdom, the nameless little worldly “whiskey priest” is nevertheless impelled toward his squalid Calvary as much by his own compassion for humanity as by the efforts of his pursuers.
 
In his introduction, John Updike calls The Power and the Glory, “Graham Greene’s masterpiece…. The energy and grandeur of his finest novel derive from the will toward compassion, an ideal communism even more Christian than Communist.”