Stephen Hayes reviewed A sense of reality by Graham Greene
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4 stars
Four short stories, some of which I rated as 5 stars, and some as 3 stars.
Under the garden -- a man discovers that he has a serious illness and goes back to his childhood home, where he recalls a fantastic dream that he had as a child. 5 stars.
A visit to Morin -- a man who learnt about the works of an author at school later meets the author in the flesh, and has a strange conversation with him. 3 stars.
Dream of a strange land -- a doctor has retired to the country, but a few patients still come to see him. He has bad news for one of them, who comes back to see if he can persuade the doctor not to send him to hospital, which he fears will cause him to lose his job. But he finds the house is unrecognisable, and the doctor …
Four short stories, some of which I rated as 5 stars, and some as 3 stars.
Under the garden -- a man discovers that he has a serious illness and goes back to his childhood home, where he recalls a fantastic dream that he had as a child. 5 stars.
A visit to Morin -- a man who learnt about the works of an author at school later meets the author in the flesh, and has a strange conversation with him. 3 stars.
Dream of a strange land -- a doctor has retired to the country, but a few patients still come to see him. He has bad news for one of them, who comes back to see if he can persuade the doctor not to send him to hospital, which he fears will cause him to lose his job. But he finds the house is unrecognisable, and the doctor seems as bewildered as he is. 3 stars.
Discovery in the woods -- some children in an isolated seaside community go exploring in the woods up in the mountains where no one from the community has been before, and find something that makes their childhood games and old legends come to life. 5 stars.