by G. K. Chesterton · Alianza · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788420602561
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«El hombre que era jueves» is the mystery and fantasy novel by G. K. Chesterton, published by Alianza in paperback (208 pages, in Spanish).
Gabriel Syme, poet and detective, is recruited by a clandestine police organization to infiltrate an anarchist cell. From then on, false identities, chases, and revelations follow, turning the reading into a game of paradoxes between adventure, dreamlike fantasy, and philosophical satire.
This edition belongs to the El libro de bolsillo collection (no. 1256), with a translation by Alicia Bleiberg; the work was originally published in 1908 as The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare.
Readers of British classics and of suspense novels with a philosophical background will find in this work a singular proposal.
Gilbert Keith Chesterton was an English Christian apologist writer. Chesterton's wit, paradoxical style, and defence of tradition made him a dominant figure in early 20th-century literature.
