Manalive (Hilarious Stories)
by G. K. Chesterton
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Author: G. K. ChestertonEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2000-11-27
ISBN: 0486414051
Number of pages: 160
Publisher: Dover Publications
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Book Review: A strange allegory
Summary: 4 Stars
I have very ambivalent ideas about this book. Although I admire GK Chesterton, I didn't really like it as a novel. So where do the four stars come from? From the ideas. Chesterton produces in this short work the very essence of decent human behavior, Christian or otherwise, in the close world of an isolated community, as an experiment. It shows that essential humanity lies in one very simple principle: refraining from consciously hurting other people. Of course we are far from perfect and at some point we will do things that we know will hurt somebody else, since frequently we face hard choices and are left to our freedom to choose what we think is the best course of action. But Chesterton here goes a bit further and shows us that many things we have been led to believe are wrong, aren't wrong at all. Breaking into houses is forbidden by law, but it's not wrong if you break into your own home, etc.Certainly a good book, as a strictly literary work it was not entirely satisfying: plot, characters, etc.
It is, however, well worth reading for the insightful but simple, yet correct, ideas.
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