The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare - Couverture souple

Chesterton, G K

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1614270120 ISBN 13 : 9781614270126

Editeur : Martino Fine Books, 2011

Synopsis

Réimpression 2011 de l'édition 1908. Fac-similé complet de l'édition originale, non reproduit avec le logiciel de reconnaissance optique. L'homme qui était jeudi : un cauchemar est un roman de G. K. Chesterton, publié pour la première fois en 1908. Le livre est parfois appelé un thriller métaphysique. Bien qu'il traite des anarchistes, le roman n'est pas une exploration ou une réfutation de la pensée anarchiste; la construction ad hoc de Chesterton de « l'anarchisme philosophique » se distingue de l'anarchisme ordinaire et est appelée à plusieurs reprises non pas tant comme une rébellion contre le gouvernement mais comme une rébellion contre Dieu. Le roman a été décrit comme «l"une des charnières cachées de l"écriture du XXe siècle, le lieu où, sous nos yeux, la tradition absurde et fantastique de Lewis Carroll et Edward Lear pivote et devient la tradition fantastique-cauchemar de Kafka et Borges.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Often referred to as a metaphysical thriller, G.K. Chesterton’s brilliant 1908 novella The Man Who Was Thursday – A Nightmare is a tour-de-force of suspense-writing.

Newly recruited Scotland Yard detective Gabriel Syme infiltrates a dangerous underworld anarchist group with the help of a poet he befriends, named Lucian Gregory. The taut adventure that ensues is part spy narrative, part dystopian novel and part Christian allegory.

Chesterton’s unconventional masterpiece has been described as "one of the hidden hinges of twentieth-century writing, the place where, before our eyes, the nonsense-fantastical tradition of Lewis Carroll and Edward Lear pivots and becomes the nightmare-fantastical tradition of Kafka and Borges."

“As The Man Who Was Thursday proceeds, it becomes a hilarious numbers game with a more serious undertone. Chesterton's thriller is best read slowly, so as to savor his highly anarchic take on anarchy.” (Kerry Fried).

"A powerful picture of the loneliness and bewilderment which each of us encounters in his single-handed struggle with the universe." (C. S. Lewis).

Présentation de l'éditeur

The Man Who Was Thursday A Nightmare By G. K. Chesterton The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare is a novel by G. K. Chesterton, first published in 1908. The book is sometimes referred to as a metaphysical thriller. In Edwardian era London, Gabriel Syme is recruited at Scotland Yard to a secret anti-anarchist police corps. Lucian Gregory, an anarchistic poet, lives in the suburb of Saffron Park. Syme meets him at a party and they debate the meaning of poetry. Gregory argues revolt is the basis of poetry. Syme demurs, insisting the essence of poetry is not revolution, but rather law. He antagonizes Gregory by asserting the most poetical of human creations is the timetable for the London Underground. He suggests Gregory isn't really serious about his anarchism. This so irritates Gregory that he takes Syme to an underground anarchist meeting place, revealing his public endorsement of anarchy is a ruse to make him seem harmless, when in fact he is an influential member of the local chapter of the European anarchist council.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Martino Fine Books
• Date d'édition: 2011
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1614270120
• ISBN 13: 9781614270126
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 196
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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