Priester und Detektiv (Pater Brown Geschichten)
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Der Band "Priester und Detektiv" enthält eine Sammlung von Geschichten über Father Brown, den sympathischen katholischen Priester, der neben seinem geistlichen Dienst als Hobby-Detektiv arbeitet. Father Brown besitzt eine aussergewöhnliche Fähigkeit, die Seelen der Menschen zu lesen und ihre Motive zu verstehen. Er löst seine Fälle mit ungewöhnlichen Methoden und seinem tiefsinnigen Verständnis der menschlichen Psyche. Seine Detektivmethoden stehen in einem klaren Gegensatz zu den konventionellen Ermittlungsmethoden der Polizei. Father Brown ist weniger daran interessiert, Verbrecher vor Gericht zu stellen, sondern möchte ihnen helfen, ihre Schuld einzugestehen und sich mit Gott zu versöhnen. Die Geschichten spielen im England der 1920er Jahre und zeichnen ein lebendiges Bild der damaligen Zeit. Chesterton verbindet scharfe Beobachtungen der menschlichen Schwächen mit seinem tiefen Glauben und seinem Humor. Die Geschichten sind voller Spannung und überraschender Wendungen, die den Leser bis zum Schluss fesseln.Book Details
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Gilbert K. Chesterton
England
Chesterton wrote around 80 books, several hundred poems, some 200 short stories, 4,000 essays (mostly newspaper columns), and several plays. He was a literary and social critic, historian, playwright,...
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