Priester Und Detektiv (Pater Brown Geschichten)

Priester und Detektiv (Pater Brown Geschichten)

by Gilbert K. Chesterton

Father Brown ist ein katholischer Priester, der in England lebt und neben seiner geistlichen Arbeit auch Kriminalfälle löst. Seine ungewöhnliche Methode beruht darauf, sich in die Täter hineinzuversetzen und ihr Motiv zu verstehen. Er sucht nicht nur die juristische Gerechtigkeit, sondern möchte die Täter auch zu einer moralischen Einsicht führen. Father Browns Fälle sind voller überraschender Wendungen und subtiler Hinweise, die der Leser erst nach und nach entdeckt. Chesterton zeichnet ein komplexes Bild der menschlichen Natur und zeigt, dass auch im scheinbar banalsten Fall tiefe moralische und philosophische Fragen verborgen liegen können.

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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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