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Muž, ktorý bol Štvrtok
Príbeh metafyzického thrilleru Muž, ktorý bol Štvrtok (1908) sa začína v edwardiánskom Londýne, kde mladý básnik Gabriel Syme vstupuje do služieb Scotland Yardu. Ako tajný agent špeciálneho policajného oddelenia na rozvrat anarchistického hnutia má za úlohu infiltrovať jednu z najmocnejších teroristických organizácií a v Paríži zabrániť bombovému atentátu na francúzskeho prezidenta. Románová fantázia, či skôr nočná mora, ktorú pri odhaľovaní obludného sprisahania zažíva hlavný hrdina patrí medzi najzaujímavejšie a zároveň najvtipnejšie literárne diela jedného z najplodnejších a najuznávanejších anglických prozaikov prvej polovice 20. storočia Gilberta Keitha Chestertona (1874 – 1936).
248 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1908
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About the author
G.K. Chesterton
4,657 books5,763 followersGilbert Keith Chesterton was an English writer, philosopher, lay theologian, and literary and art critic.
He was educated at St. Paul’s, and went to art school at University College London. In 1900, he was asked to contribute a few magazine articles on art criticism, and went on to become one of the most prolific writers of all time. He wrote a hundred books, contributions to 200 more, hundreds of poems, including the epic Ballad of the White Horse, five plays, five novels, and some two hundred short stories, including a popular series featuring the priest-detective, Father Brown. In spite of his literary accomplishments, he considered himself primarily a journalist. He wrote over 4000 newspaper essays, including 30 years worth of weekly columns for the Illustrated London News, and 13 years of weekly columns for the Daily News. He also edited his own newspaper, G.K.’s Weekly.
Chesterton was equally at ease with literary and social criticism, history, politics, economics, philosophy, and theology.
He was educated at St. Paul’s, and went to art school at University College London. In 1900, he was asked to contribute a few magazine articles on art criticism, and went on to become one of the most prolific writers of all time. He wrote a hundred books, contributions to 200 more, hundreds of poems, including the epic Ballad of the White Horse, five plays, five novels, and some two hundred short stories, including a popular series featuring the priest-detective, Father Brown. In spite of his literary accomplishments, he considered himself primarily a journalist. He wrote over 4000 newspaper essays, including 30 years worth of weekly columns for the Illustrated London News, and 13 years of weekly columns for the Daily News. He also edited his own newspaper, G.K.’s Weekly.
Chesterton was equally at ease with literary and social criticism, history, politics, economics, philosophy, and theology.
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February 13, 2025
Zvláštna kniha, pri ktorej neviete, či to autor myslí vážne, alebo si robí žarty. Nielen zo svojich postáv, ale aj zo svojich čitateľov a čitateliek. Realita sa mieša s absurdnom a iróniou, ale aj sa pri tom zachechcete a číta sa to dobre. Nechcem prezrádzať nič z deja, aby som neprezradila príliš. Radšej nech si názor urobí každý sám.
March 22, 2024
Komu pasuje Chestertonov štýl, bude sa mu páčiť. Je to majster slova a paradoxu.
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