Would not it be wonderful to own blue spectacles with which we saw all blue, trees, sky blue, blue birds like the sea or watch the ice-blue moon? And to also be great to be red glasses with which to see everything red, red buildings like the dawn, the Red Beach as a woman's red lips, red forests as if they were on fire? Or green glasses to watch the green clouds like see green grass or green elephant in a green plain as that seems for real?
This is what might have wondered the same strange and unknown man one day Tommy found the small , protagonist of the story "The countries of colors", with which the book opens colors countries ( The Coloured Lands, 1938), written by our dear Gilbert Keith Chesterton.
To whom want to know how it ends the curious story of little Tommy and his friend, the unknown carrier of the glasses so peculiar, I recommend you read this beautiful book that Valdemar editorial just published in December last year.
Valdemar, whose books in various libraries are extremely well edited and provided with new translations, this book has rescued Chesterton, published posthumously (as you know, Chesterton died in 1936), adding one more to the many which has already been published.
The Chesterton's admirers and fans in Spain, we must thank Valdemar to revive the publication of books in the English genius. And in particular, for giving us the opportunity to enjoy this book, which contains many texts of hitherto unpublished Chesterton Castilian and, above all, accompanied by thirty drawings by the author, no doubt, will delight children of any age, although some texts, especially the poems are not intended for children.
Indeed, the book presents stories, poems and diversions several Chesterton, written throughout is life: from history called "Half-Hours in Hades" ("Half hours in Hades"), written in 1891, when Chesterton was only 17 years of age to the article "Christmas and the first games," written in 1934, two years before his death. Half hours in hell, subtitled as Elementary Manual Demonology is a fun and false treatise on the various types of demons that have been appearing to mankind throughout history: from the garden Snake Fausto, through the medieval Faun or demon or fallen angel of Paradise Lost of Milton . The course book is illustrated with drawings of Chesterton superb, exquisite and excellent example of the peculiar style of drawing of the author, full of expertise and good humor, really gorgeous.
The book also contains a full color story entitled The Disadvantage of Having Two Heads ( The disadvantage of having two heads ), which can be considered a true fairy tale, with its hero humble and full of courage, his princess trapped and later rescued, and even his giant, one with two heads. It is known that Chesterton loved tales Fairy and, therefore, not surprising that he wrote one that exudes wit, originality and humor.
always admired our author for his fine style, his ability to describe, their ingenuity in the construction of ideas and original thoughts, his expertise in drawing up the paradox and acute puns, but many people hardly know the other side of Chesterton: that of drawing, painting.
In his youth he studied painting at the Slade School of Arts with the firm decision to become a day in a famous painter. Life took him through the difficult and tricky ways of journalism, but never stopped to illustrate their own stories and those of others, never abandoned the habit of drawing and sketching dolls each as wicked and foolish, or by a piece of charcoal, While in pencil, pastel or watercolor.
Therefore, not only was a master storyteller and testing, but we must also regard him as one of the most original artists style and fun . In this sense we can say that it was almost a Renaissance artist, capable of writing, drawing, painting and design models and small theaters animated. This book shows his tremendous talent, not only as the creator of funny stories or poems, but as an artist of wondrous worlds, sometimes grotesque, cruel others, but always charming and fascinating.
are particularly noteworthy his series of drawings called "Pictures from the Paint Box" ( Drawings paint box) or "Immortal Idiots" ( Idiots immortal), which dares to make fun of some characters of history, such as Abel or cracked "," Carlos I, or losing head, "" Nelson, a man or incomplete ", etc.. Fortunately, the Internet may be some of these pictures, I bring here to delight you all.
The author himself makes fun of himself and caricatures in more than one occasion, always with that ungainly aspect that characterized him, with his huge body, covered by the cloak and slouch hat that made him famous in the streets of London.
Finally, the book closes with one of the best stories, at least, is one that I like personally, he wrote Gilbert Chesterton called "homesickness while at home" and tells the story of White Wynd, a man who, like a modern Odysseus leaves his home and gets to travel around the world in search of adventure to discover at the end that the place he longed for was their own home. The author makes clear from the outset: "The shortest journey from one place to the same place is around the world." A charming fable that, after enjoying all the poems, articles and previous reports, will leave the reader with a sweet taste. After closing the book and, over time, be fixed in your mind unforgettable some wonderful countries where all the Prussian colors are Prussian blue, the green grocers and Siena are the predominant color burnt sienna.
Dear friends, you'll enjoy it! If you can read it whenever it is, let me know if I told you the truth, or, given my unconditional admiration for GKC , exaggerated to infinity. All the best. May God bless and protect you always Virgin. See you soon.
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