{"product_id":"manalive","title":"Manalive","description":"\u003cp\u003eBy G. K. Chesterton\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eA high wind springs up one day in London, \u003c\/b\u003ehaving in it something more inspired and authoritative even than the old wind of the proverb—for it was the good wind that blows nobody harm. Arriving on the back of this wind at Beacon House, Innocent Smith quickly introduces to its inhabitants an air of excitement, of mirth, and of wonder. Buoyed and buffeted alike by this air, those in Smith’s fellowship are forced to examine life in a new light, encountering the enigma of Smith and his fresh, perhaps even holy, foolishness, and entreating him for explanation. When enigma does give way to explanation, it does so with an explosive force that both shatters deception and illusion and sheds brilliant light on the power of innocence.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e“\u003ci\u003eThe glory of God is man alive.\u003c\/i\u003e” Easy enough as they are to exclaim, these words of Saint Irenaeus are yet difficult to plumb to their depths. Innocent Smith, however, is game to take up the challenge. In telling the story of \u003ci\u003eManalive\u003c\/i\u003e, Chesterton offers a practically irresistible invitation to join in the awesome, almost wild, merriment of that sport.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003eCompiled by Evelyn Waugh and first published in 1958, just months after Knox’s death at the age of sixty-nine, the essays in \u003ci\u003eLiterary Distractions \u003c\/i\u003eare of unremitting quality, each one as marvelously amusing as it is exquisitely written.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e“Innocent Smith’s principle can be quite simply stated: he refuses to die while he is still alive. He seeks to remind himself, by every electric shock to the intellect, that he is still a man alive, walking on two legs about the world.”\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eGilbert Keith Chesterton \u003c\/b\u003e(1874–1936) was an immensely prolific English writer, poet, and journalist. A convert to the Catholic faith, he is best known for his infl­u­ential works in apologetics, such as \u003ci\u003eOrthodoxy\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHeretics\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Everlasting Man\u003c\/i\u003e; his fascinating novels, like \u003ci\u003eThe Man Who Was Thursday\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Napoleon of Notting Hill\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Ball and the Cross\u003c\/i\u003e; and his ingenious Father Brown detective stories.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\" class=\"p1\"\u003e* * *\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback:\u003c\/strong\u003e 214pp.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan data-sheets-root=\"1\"\u003e978-1685954475\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cluny Media","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42861705527390,"sku":"978-1685954475","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0652\/2929\/1614\/files\/ProductImages_5.5x8.5--1451.jpg?v=1780986726","url":"https:\/\/nez-emporium.com\/products\/manalive","provider":"Nez Emporium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}