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{ "item_title" : "The Man Who Was Thursday", "item_author" : [" G. K. Chesterton "], "item_description" : "2011 Reprint of 1908 Edition. Full facsimile of the original edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. 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. Although it deals with anarchists, the novel is not an exploration or rebuttal of anarchist thought; Chesterton's ad hoc construction of Philosophical Anarchism is distinguished from ordinary anarchism and is referred to several times not so much as a rebellion against government but as a rebellion against God. The novel 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.", "item_img_path" : "https://covers3.booksamillion.com/covers/bam/1/61/427/012/1614270120_b.jpg", "price_data" : { "retail_price" : "5.14", "online_price" : "5.14", "our_price" : "5.14", "club_price" : "5.14", "savings_pct" : "0", "savings_amt" : "0.00", "club_savings_pct" : "0", "club_savings_amt" : "0.00", "discount_pct" : "10", "store_price" : "" } }
The Man Who Was Thursday|G. K. Chesterton

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2011 Reprint of 1908 Edition. Full facsimile of the original edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. "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. Although it deals with anarchists, the novel is not an exploration or rebuttal of anarchist thought; Chesterton's ad hoc construction of "Philosophical Anarchism" is distinguished from ordinary anarchism and is referred to several times not so much as a rebellion against government but as a rebellion against God. The novel 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.

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  • ISBN-13: 9781614270126
  • ISBN-10: 1614270120
  • Publisher: Martino Fine Books
  • Publish Date: April 2011
  • Dimensions: 8.9 x 5.9 x 0.6 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 0.6 pounds
  • Page Count: 196

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