Gilbert Kit Chesterton — priznannyi klassik angliiskoi literatury, odin iz samykh iarkikh pisatelei pervoi poloviny XX veka. Klassikoi stali ego romany i mnogochislennye esse, odnako liubov massovogo chitatelia prinesli emu rasskazy ob ottce Braune, tikhom, zastenchivom sviashchennike, masterski raskryvaiushchem naibolee zaputannye zagadki i prestupleniia. Izdanie etikh rasskazov, nachatoe v 1911 godu sbornikom «Nevedenie ottca Brauna», rastianulos na dobruiu chetvert veka, prevrativshis v detektivnuiu epopeiu. Ee mudryi i nepritiazatelnyi geroi ne chitaet blestiashchikh lektcii v dukhe erkiulia Puaro i ne sozdaet velikikh teorii, podobno Sherloku Kholmsu. On dazhe ne vsegda stremitsia nakazat prestupnika, no so smirennoi ironiei i neizmennym iziashchestvom rasstavliaet vse po mestam. Nastoiashchee izdanie, predstavliaiushchee luchshie rasskazy ob ottce Braune, stanet nastoiashchim podarkom dlia vsekh liubitelei angliiskoi literatury i kachestvennoi detektivnoi prozy. Perevodchiki: E. Korotkova, A. Kudriavitckii.
Gilbert Keith Chesterton was one of the most influential English writers of the 20th century. His prolific and diverse output included journalism, philosophy, poetry, biography, Christian apologetics, fantasy and detective fiction.
Chesterton has been called the "prince of paradox". Time magazine, in a review of a biography of Chesterton, observed of his writing style: "Whenever possible Chesterton made his points with popular sayings, proverbs, allegories—first carefully turning them inside out.
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