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Father Brown houdt zich van den domme (1911)

door G. K. Chesterton

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The star of these stories is Father Brown, a character created by writer G. K. Chesterton. Based on a parish priest who was partially responsible for Chesterton's conversion to Catholicism in 1922, Brown is a stubby Catholic priest equipped with a large umbrella, a formless outfit and a sharp insight into the human nature. The stories included here are The Blue Cross, The Secret Garden, The Queer Feet, The Flying Stars, The Invisible Man, The Honour of Israel Gow, The Wrong Shape, The Sins of Prince Saradine, The Hammer of God, The Eye of Apollo, The Sign of the Broken Sword, and The Three Tools of Death.

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Belga Esperantista, 1937, nr 11, p 78
  Erfgoedbib | Sep 26, 2023 |
Le indagini di Padre Brown, protagonista di questi dodici racconti, rientrano tra i classici della letteratura gialla e mi sono comprata l'intera serie (cinque libri) proprio per curiosità nei confronti di questo genere. E questo nonostante il protagonista fosse un prete e non morissi proprio dalla voglia di leggermi decine di pipponi moralisti alla Don Matteo (quelli capaci di far piangere di pentimento anche il serial killer più incallito, avete presente?). Tuttavia, mi si ventilava un confronto tra fede e non fede e questo mi intrigava molto.

Ecco, se vi aspettate qualcosa del genere, scappate da Chesterton e da Padre Brown. Subito. Immediatamente. L'unico confronto che ho letto tra fede e non fede in questo romanzo è stato sul tono di ci sono le persone buone che sono cattoliche e le persone cattive che sono atee o pagane. E tra i pagani rientrano anche i cristiani non cattolici.

Io ci ho provato davvero a essere comprensiva, a rispettare la fede di quest'uomo che si è trasmessa nella sua opera, a contestualizzare il romanzo, ma all'ennesima tirata su quanto sia deprecabile lo stile di vita ateo o pagano, su quanto porti a sguazzare nelle più vili abitudini e su quanto alla fine – quasi inevitabilmente! – porti a efferati delitti, mi sono rotta le ovaie.

Un tipo che scriveva questa roba nel 1910 probabilmente oggi starebbe a manifestare in piazza contro i diritti degli altri (diritti che peraltro non lederebbero i suoi). Quindi Il candore di Padre Brown è ancora un classico? Ha ancora qualcosa da dirci? Be', non posso pronunciarmi sulla costruzione del mistero, perché non ho letto abbastanza gialli da poter esprimere un giudizio in tal senso, sebbene la divisione del mondo in Persone Cattoliche e Altre, Bene e Male, non è che favorisca proprio una gran complessità.

Di certo non ha niente da dirci in quanto a rispetto delle altrui fedi e non fedi. Sarebbe molto comodo se ci fosse un criterio così semplice per distinguere i/le killer dalle brave persone. Invece, no. Esistono brave persone credenti così come persone credenti stronze. E che ci crediate o meno, lo stesso vale per i non credenti. ( )
  lasiepedimore | Sep 21, 2023 |
Enjoyable stories involving a likable character. Definitely of their time with occasional unfortunate racism and stereotypes but I hesitate to judge too much as we are all influenced by our current situation. Great, readable stories. ( )
  rosiezbanks | Mar 23, 2023 |
So-so -- mostly puzzles. The best bit was Chesterson's snipes at various classes. ( )
  Castinet | Dec 11, 2022 |
I turned to this collection out of a search for comforting cozy mysteries. The BBC series was so pleasant (mostly) that I thought I'd give the side stories a try.

I am, on the whole, glad I did. The tales recognizable from the tv series have been substantially changed, especially the characters of Valentine and Flambeau, but Father Brown is still as sweet and clever.

However, since points have not aged well at all. There is, frankly, a strand of bigotry that runs through some of these stories that stains Father Brown most deeply. It's all well and good to consider the cultural milieu of a story's writing, but there is an overt nastiness here that seems particularly strong. Read with care, I think. ( )
  JimDR | Dec 7, 2022 |
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This rumpled, clumsy detective-priest appeared in 52 short stories, 48 of them collected in five volumes during Chesterton's lifetime. The strongest of the stories are the earliest--"The Blue Cross," "The Secret Garden," "The Wrong Shape," "The Sins of Prince Saradine," "The Honour of Israel Gow," and seven others that all appeared in the first collection, The Innocence of Father Brown (1911), a work the prominent pseudonymous American mystery writer Ellery Queen called "the miracle-book of 1911" and "one of the finest volumes of short stories ever conceived and written." These tales were written when inspiration was strong upon Chesterton, and the key concept of Father Brown and his potential were fresh and exciting to the author.

Each of these early stories is a tightly plotted gem, with fresh dialogue, surprising twists, gorgeous scene-painting, and--most important--a main character who solves and thwarts crimes not by CSI-style clue-chasing or Sherlockian inductive reasoning but by his knowledge of the passions that motivate men. The key to Father Brown's powers of insight lies in the fact that among his daily duties is hearing the confessions of his flock. "Has it never struck you that a man who does next to nothing but hear men's real sins is not likely to be wholly unaware of human evil?" he asks one astonished would-be robber--his greatest antagonist (and in time his best friend), Hercule Flambeau.
toegevoegd door JamesMcArdle | bewerkFather Brown at 100.(Book review). National Review, 62(18), 48., James E. Person (Dec 22, 2018)
 

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Chesterton, G. K.primaire auteuralle editiesbevestigd
Amlie, AxelVertalerSecundaire auteursommige editiesbevestigd
Brioschi, LuigiVoorwoordSecundaire auteursommige editiesbevestigd
Costanzi, RemoVertalerSecundaire auteursommige editiesbevestigd
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The star of these stories is Father Brown, a character created by writer G. K. Chesterton. Based on a parish priest who was partially responsible for Chesterton's conversion to Catholicism in 1922, Brown is a stubby Catholic priest equipped with a large umbrella, a formless outfit and a sharp insight into the human nature. The stories included here are The Blue Cross, The Secret Garden, The Queer Feet, The Flying Stars, The Invisible Man, The Honour of Israel Gow, The Wrong Shape, The Sins of Prince Saradine, The Hammer of God, The Eye of Apollo, The Sign of the Broken Sword, and The Three Tools of Death.

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G.K. Chesterton is one of the most original minds in English letters. With Bernard Shaw, he shares the distinction of being known almost exclusively everywhere by his initials alone. Philosopher, humourist and ardent Catholic, his sharp satirical wit has won him an enormous body of followers. The volume of G.K.C.'s work is amazing and reveals an extraordinary versatility ranging from poetry and biography, history, political and critical essays to the "Father Brown" detective stories. In them Chesterton adapted the detective story to his own grotesque fancies. While Father Brown, his hero, is to all appearances an insignificant priest, he manages to clear up by his worldly wisdom and penetration problems that seem almost supernatural in their difficulty. Father Brown is, in his way, as effective a sleuth as Sherlock Holmes or Hercule Poirot, and his adventures, though they rarely involve what we usually consider to be crime and criminals, have the spice of real danger. (Blurb Albatross edition 1948)
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