The Man Who Was Thursday, a nightmare
by G. K. Chesterton
(A WILD, MAD, HILARIOUS AND PROFOUNDLY MOVING TALE)
I propose a group reading of this interesting looking story. Details:
- Provider: the DailyLit
- Start: the week of the 15th March
- Frequency: 2 installments per week (I’ll read it on Tuesday and Saturday, but exact timings aren’t crucial)
- Discussion: DailyLit forum
- Deconstruction: Google Wave (message me or comment on this post to get added to the wave. I have a few wave invites left as well.)
So, why read The Man Who Was Thursday? My answer:
- Intriguing bits of it were scattered through the rather excellent Deus Ex, which is where this book was first raised in my awareness.
- This rather wonderful recommendation from wikipedia: 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.”
If you’re interested, sign your name on the forum and let’s have a nice read together!
