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"Shall I tell you the secret of the whole world? It is that we have only known the back of the world. We see everything from behind, and it looks brutal. That is not a tree, but the back of a tree. That is not a cloud, but the back of a cloud. Cannot you see that everything is stooping and hiding a face? If we could only get round in front--" --- G.K. Chesterton, The Man Who Was Thursday The Man Who Was Thursday, A Nightmare G. K. CHESTERTON (1874 - 1936) In a surreal turn-of-the-century London, Gabriel Syme, a poet, is recruited to a secret anti-anarchist taskforce at Scotland Yard. Lucian Gregory, an anarchist poet, is the only poet in Saffron Park, until he loses his temper in an argument over the purpose of poetry with Gabriel Syme, who takes the opposite view. After some time, the frustrated Gregory finds Syme and leads him to a local anarchist meeting-place to prove that he is a true anarchist. Instead of the anarchist Gregory getting elected, the officer Syme uses his wits and is elected as the local representative to the worldwide Central Council of Anarchists. The Council consisting of seven men, each using the name of a day of the week as a code name; Syme is given the name of Thursday...
Chesterton, G. K.
Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1874-1936) foi um dos mais importantes escritores ingleses. Estudou literatura na University College e pintura e desenho na Slade School.
Começou sua carreira como jornalista, fazendo amizade com Winston Churchill, Henry James e outros. Crítico, foi também autor de poesias, ensaios, romances e contos. Polêmico e corajoso, teve discussões célebres com Joseph MacCabe, H.G. Wells e Bernard Shaw.
Em uma pequena cidade da Inglaterra, Beaconsfield, Chesterton conheceu o Padre O’Connor, sua inspiração para as famosas histórias do Padre Brown. Nesta série, ele alcançou sua melhor associação de ficção e crítica social.
No fim da vida, suas palestras na BBC e nas universidades norte-americanas e canadenses trouxeram-lhe grande prestígio mundial. |
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