love and family
There is no doubt that among the major themes in Chesterton's inspiration and writings, love and family, as well as women and marriage, are particularly noteworthy. In 1990, Alvaro Silva published Brave New Family in San Francisco, a collection of G.K.'s essays on these subjects, which was published in Spanish in 1993 by Rialp under the title El Amor o la fuerza del sino (Love or the Force of Fate) and reissued in 2017 by Espuela de Plata. I would like to highlight the careful introduction he makes to this collection of essays, which reflects his admiration for the English writer and is in itself a fascinating incentive to approach Chesterton's work. I have taken the liberty of posting it on the blog without having been able to locate Mr. Alvaro, from whom I hope to receive his benevolence, and I hope that this entry will contribute to the dissemination of his book and the extensive and exciting work of G.K. Chesterton. David Fernández Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1874-193...