The Ball and the Cross
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| Rating | : | 4.23 (768 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0989941140 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 276 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-03-15 |
| Language | : | English |
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"Fiction that is true" according to TAS. Well worth rereading, especially in this election year. Serious matter, presented with a light and entertaining touch. Fiction that is more true than most nonfiction.. "The best book he's ever read" according to Amazon Customer. That's what my 17 year old tutoring student told me this week. He's been quoting the book around school and is absolutely enchanted with it. Note, this kid is no slouch intellectually, he's on the state championship debate team and has read such things as Dante's Inferno, and Huxley's Brave New World, so the best thi. jp said Five Stars. great
Serialized in the British publication The Commonwealth in 1905-06, Chesterton's second novel first appeared in book form in America in 1909, delighting and challenging readers with its heady mixture of fantasy, farce, and theology.The plot of The Ball and the Cross chronicles a hot dispute between two Scotsmen, one a devout but naive Roman Catholic, the other a zealous but naive atheist. Their fanatically held opinions—leading to a duel that is proposed but never fought—inspire a host of comic adventures whose allegorical levels vigorously explore the debate between theism and atheism.Martin Gardner's superb introduction to The Ball and the Cross reveals the real-life debate between Chesterton and a famous atheist that pr
An abridged reprint of Chesterton's 1909 eerily prophetic novel.. In this steampunk satire about freedom of speech and religion, two men, a devout Catholic and an atheist, become unwilling allies when they vow to fi ght a duel to the death over their beliefs, and discover to their astonishment that an unbelieving world won't let them