Jessica's review
The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare (Modern Library Classics)
by G.K. Chesterton
Jessica's review
The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare (Modern Library Classics) by G.K. Chesterton
Jessica's review
rating:
recommended for: Fans of detailed imagery, fantastic wit
A brilliant novel. This is actually my favorite novel of all time. I suppose i have a sort of literary crush on GK Chesterton-- I fall in love with his whimsical, clever writing and so even a short book like this can take me weeks just because I savor his lovely sentences. As I pour through his perfectly-chosen words, I can’t help but feel deeply inspired and impressed.
My favorite: “… his black seemed richer and warmer than the black shades about him, as if it were compounded of profound colour. His black coat looked as if it were only black by being too dense a purple. His black beard looked as if it were only black by being too deep a blue. And in the gloom and thickness of the beard his dark red mouth showed sensual and scornful … those cruel, crimson lips.”
My favorite: “… his black seemed richer and warmer than the black shades about him, as if it were compounded of profound colour. His black coat looked as if it were only black by being too dense a purple. His black beard looked as if it were only black by being too deep a blue. And in the gloom and thickness of the beard his dark red mouth showed sensual and scornful … those cruel, crimson lips.”
