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袣芯薪褟泻邪 肖芯泻褋谢褨 褌邪 褨薪褕褨 写芯褉芯褋谢褨 芯锌芯胁褨写邪薪薪褟
袛芯 泻薪懈卸泻懈 褍胁褨泄褕谢懈 褍卸械 泻谢邪褋懈褔薪褨 胁 袟邪褏褨写薪褨泄 袆胁褉芯锌褨 褌邪 小楔袗 写邪谢褨胁褋褜泻褨 芯锌芯胁褨写邪薪薪褟. 袪. 袛邪谢邪 薪邪蟹懈胁邪褞褌褜 屑邪泄褋褌褉芯屑 褔芯褉薪芯谐芯 谐褍屑芯褉褍, 芦薪褨卸薪懈屑 屑褨蟹邪薪褌褉芯锌芯屑禄, 写谢褟 褟泻芯谐芯 薪邪泄谐芯谢芯胁薪褨褕械 鈥� 褉芯蟹锌芯胁褨褋褌懈 褋褞卸械褌, 褔邪褋褌芯 薪邪锌褨胁卸邪褉褌褨胁谢懈胁懈泄, 薪邪锌褨胁写械褌械泻褌懈胁薪懈泄, 薪邪锌褨胁褎邪薪褌邪褋褌懈褔薪懈泄. 袘邪谐邪褌芯 泄芯谐芯 褌胁芯褉褨胁 鈥� 褨 写懈褌褟褔懈褏, 褨 芦写芯褉芯褋谢懈褏禄 鈥� 谢褟谐谢懈 胁 芯褋薪芯胁褍 褏褍写芯卸薪褨褏 褎褨谢褜屑褨胁, 邪 泻芯卸薪邪 泻薪懈谐邪 屑邪谢邪 胁械谢懈泻懈泄 褍褋锌褨褏. 袩懈褋褜屑械薪薪懈泻 蟹屑褍褕褍褦 褔懈褌邪褔邪 薪械薪邪褋懈褌薪芯 蟹邪泻芯胁褌褍胁邪褌懈 褋褌芯褉褨薪泻褍 蟹邪 褋褌芯褉褨薪泻芯褞 胁 芯褔褨泻褍胁邪薪薪褨 薪械褋锌芯写褨胁邪薪芯褩 褉芯蟹胁鈥櫻徯盒� 鈥� 斜谢懈褋泻褍褔芯谐芯 褎褨薪邪谢褜薪芯谐芯 褋褞褉锌褉懈蟹褍.
袙 校泻褉邪褩薪褨 袪芯邪谢褜写 袛邪谢 胁褨写芯屑懈泄 锌械褉械写芯胁褋褨屑 褋胁芯褩屑懈 薪械锌械褉械胁械褉褕械薪懈屑懈 写懈褌褟褔懈屑懈 锌芯胁褨褋褌褟屑懈 鈥� 芦效邪褉谢褨 褨 褕芯泻芯谢邪写薪邪 褎邪斜褉懈泻邪禄, 芦袦邪褌懈谢褜写邪禄, 芦袙袛袙禄 (袙械谢懈泻懈泄 袛褉褍卸薪褨泄 袙械谢械褌械薪褜) 褌邪 褨薪褕懈屑懈, 胁懈写邪薪懈屑懈 胁 芦袗-袘袗-袘袗-袚袗-袥袗-袦袗-袟袉禄.
袙 校泻褉邪褩薪褨 袪芯邪谢褜写 袛邪谢 胁褨写芯屑懈泄 锌械褉械写芯胁褋褨屑 褋胁芯褩屑懈 薪械锌械褉械胁械褉褕械薪懈屑懈 写懈褌褟褔懈屑懈 锌芯胁褨褋褌褟屑懈 鈥� 芦效邪褉谢褨 褨 褕芯泻芯谢邪写薪邪 褎邪斜褉懈泻邪禄, 芦袦邪褌懈谢褜写邪禄, 芦袙袛袙禄 (袙械谢懈泻懈泄 袛褉褍卸薪褨泄 袙械谢械褌械薪褜) 褌邪 褨薪褕懈屑懈, 胁懈写邪薪懈屑懈 胁 芦袗-袘袗-袘袗-袚袗-袥袗-袦袗-袟袉禄.
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First published October 17, 2006
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Roald Dahl
1,453听books26k听followersRoald Dahl was a beloved British author, poet, screenwriter, and wartime fighter pilot, best known for his enchanting and often darkly humorous children's books that have captivated generations of readers around the world. Born in Llandaff, Wales, to Norwegian parents, Dahl led a life marked by adventure, tragedy, creativity, and enduring literary success. His vivid imagination and distinctive storytelling style have made him one of the most celebrated children's authors in modern literature.
Before becoming a writer, Dahl lived a life filled with excitement and hardship. He served as a Royal Air Force pilot during World War II, surviving a near-fatal crash in the Libyan desert. His wartime experiences and travels deeply influenced his storytelling, often infusing his works with a sense of danger, resilience, and the triumph of the underdog. After the war, he began writing for both adults and children, showing a rare versatility that spanned genres and age groups.
Dahl's children's books are known for their playful use of language, unforgettable characters, and a deep sense of justice, often pitting clever children against cruel or foolish adults. Some of his most iconic titles include Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Matilda, The BFG, James and the Giant Peach, Fantastic Mr Fox, and The Witches. These works are filled with fantastical elements and moral undertones, empowering young readers to challenge authority, think independently, and believe in the impossible.
Equally acclaimed for his work for adults, Dahl wrote numerous short stories characterized by their macabre twists and dark humor. His stories were frequently published in magazines such as The New Yorker and later compiled into bestselling collections like Someone Like You and Kiss Kiss. He also wrote screenplays, including the James Bond film You Only Live Twice and the adaptation of Ian Fleming's Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.
Despite his literary success, Dahl was a complex and sometimes controversial figure, known for his strong opinions and difficult personality. Nonetheless, his books continue to be treasured for their wit, originality, and the sense of wonder they inspire. Many of his stories have been adapted into successful films, stage plays, and television specials, further cementing his legacy.
Dahl's impact on children's literature is immeasurable. His ability to connect with young readers through a mix of irreverence, heart, and imagination has made his stories timeless. Even after his death, his books remain in print and continue to be read by millions of children worldwide. His writing not only entertains but also encourages curiosity, courage, and compassion.
Roald Dahl's work lives on as a testament to the power of storytelling and the magic of a truly original voice. He remains a towering figure in literature whose creations continue to spark joy, mischief, and inspiration across generations.
Before becoming a writer, Dahl lived a life filled with excitement and hardship. He served as a Royal Air Force pilot during World War II, surviving a near-fatal crash in the Libyan desert. His wartime experiences and travels deeply influenced his storytelling, often infusing his works with a sense of danger, resilience, and the triumph of the underdog. After the war, he began writing for both adults and children, showing a rare versatility that spanned genres and age groups.
Dahl's children's books are known for their playful use of language, unforgettable characters, and a deep sense of justice, often pitting clever children against cruel or foolish adults. Some of his most iconic titles include Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Matilda, The BFG, James and the Giant Peach, Fantastic Mr Fox, and The Witches. These works are filled with fantastical elements and moral undertones, empowering young readers to challenge authority, think independently, and believe in the impossible.
Equally acclaimed for his work for adults, Dahl wrote numerous short stories characterized by their macabre twists and dark humor. His stories were frequently published in magazines such as The New Yorker and later compiled into bestselling collections like Someone Like You and Kiss Kiss. He also wrote screenplays, including the James Bond film You Only Live Twice and the adaptation of Ian Fleming's Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.
Despite his literary success, Dahl was a complex and sometimes controversial figure, known for his strong opinions and difficult personality. Nonetheless, his books continue to be treasured for their wit, originality, and the sense of wonder they inspire. Many of his stories have been adapted into successful films, stage plays, and television specials, further cementing his legacy.
Dahl's impact on children's literature is immeasurable. His ability to connect with young readers through a mix of irreverence, heart, and imagination has made his stories timeless. Even after his death, his books remain in print and continue to be read by millions of children worldwide. His writing not only entertains but also encourages curiosity, courage, and compassion.
Roald Dahl's work lives on as a testament to the power of storytelling and the magic of a truly original voice. He remains a towering figure in literature whose creations continue to spark joy, mischief, and inspiration across generations.
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June 14, 2020
Tengo debilidad por los escritores ingleses o, al menos, por aquellos que describen o narran con ese no s茅 si t铆pico o t贸pico car谩cter ingl茅s. Roald Dahl, en sus cuentos, es uno de estos escritores.
Disfruto mucho con el desarrollo de las historias, con la caracterizaci贸n de los personajes, con los di谩logos, con las situaciones que plantea. Quiz谩s son tantas las expectativas que me va creando a lo largo del cuento que pienso que los finales a veces desmerecen el desarrollo o incluso que el verdadero final est谩, o deber铆a estar, antes del final real del cuento. Bueno, el inicio del siguiente me resarce de estas peque帽as decepciones.
Por destacar alguno en concreto: El se帽or Botibol (quiz谩s el que m谩s me ha gustado), El se帽or Feasey y Placer de cl茅rigo.
Disfruto mucho con el desarrollo de las historias, con la caracterizaci贸n de los personajes, con los di谩logos, con las situaciones que plantea. Quiz谩s son tantas las expectativas que me va creando a lo largo del cuento que pienso que los finales a veces desmerecen el desarrollo o incluso que el verdadero final est谩, o deber铆a estar, antes del final real del cuento. Bueno, el inicio del siguiente me resarce de estas peque帽as decepciones.
Por destacar alguno en concreto: El se帽or Botibol (quiz谩s el que m谩s me ha gustado), El se帽or Feasey y Placer de cl茅rigo.
January 30, 2025
Dahl鈥檚 adult stories are not as famous as his children鈥檚 books. Taken as a whole, The Collected Stories is as impressive as Saki鈥檚 Complete Works if you ask me.
Many of these stories, for me, were the antidote to reality. His characters, their perpetually gleaming eyes, their moist lips, constantly wringing their hands and exclaiming, even cackling demoniacally, might put one in mind of fantasy villains. But they are ordinary people. In most cases, any supernatural element is secondary to the human element, and occasionally altogether absent.
Evil children, vengeful spinsters, mad husbands, conniving wives, the murderous, the cunning, the smarmy, and the grand in every way - no matter his target, Dahl conceals and reveals with equal facility. His sly exuberance is always on display when it comes to the surprise endings. And there are plenty of those to go around.
These are not fairy tales. 'Parable' and 'fable' might be words which describe the technique he employs here and there but any of his writerly choices are cast in a modern light. Combinations of outrageous description and stellar plots characterize the majority of the tales. Characters who transform into the things they are consumed by reminded me of The Witches and film adaptations of his children's books.
His sparse, well-chosen, eerie details, provide the texture for his storyteller鈥檚 art, which flows masterfully. He possesses specialized knowledge when needed, explaining the intricacies of greyhound racing for instance. Grief, vanity, and an enormous range of other human emotions and experiences are packed into this bulky collection. The whole gamut.
A few have the sensibility and charm of Twain, others are Rube Goldberg-level business schemes. Think of Wodehouse鈥檚 cat-rat factory system: (Breed cats and rats in large numbers. You feed the cats to the rats and the rats to the cats. Sell the cat skins for profit.)
Detail is paramount to the success of most stories. But the sales pitch is one of the things at which Dahl excels. His characters, when they're not selling a product, are peddling an idea.
Figurative language often explicates the position and emotions of the characters and the reader must use their imagination to conceptualize the story鈥檚 metaphorical and allegorical significance. Figurative language is just fun too, when used well. Other times it is all too clear what he is getting at and subtlety was not the aim. Nonetheless, he is always extraordinarily vivid.
The collection begins with 10 stories about pilots. The author was a pilot himself, and he presents an intimate examination of many transcendent moments, both real and imagined. They deal with man versus nature, the horrors of war, empathy, tragedy, bomber pilots put into harrowing situations, the veteran's damaged psyche and even a dreamlike adventure. Lots of death and air battles provide a backdrop of action, desperation, helplessness. Many take place in exotic locales, like Cairo, Greece, and France. The first 140 pages should be enough to draw any serious reader in to the strange world Dahl crafts so meticulously. It will also turn away any people who assume he can only write stuff for children. These are not the most demanding stories you will find, but they are not for youngsters. Actually, the further along you get in the collection, the more adult they get, including a handful of ones sold to Playboy and other magazines, which really ratchet up the sex and grotesquerie.
The second set of stories deal with the art world, of which Dahl was also a part in his time. Eccentric rich people are easy to poke fun at, and he does it very well. 鈥淣unc Dimittis鈥� reveals what Dahl can do with the revenge plot. 鈥淭he Sound Machine鈥� could have been written by H. G. Wells. When Dahl decides to include science, he is on point. 鈥淢r. Botibol鈥� presents a recurring character at his most self-delusional. It is a charming and heartwarming story. One of the most innocent.
鈥淰engeance is Mine, Inc.鈥� is the first comedy of the business acumen variety in the book. A harebrained scheme turns out miraculously well, while capturing the spirit of industry which so easily consumes and encapsulates a whole history of human affairs.
He lapses into Wodehousian aplomb, relishing insane levels of detail in one of the masterpieces of the collection, called 鈥淭aste.鈥� Other standouts include 鈥淭he Ratcatcher, Mr. Hoddy, Madame Rosette, Galloping Foxley, William and Mary, Georgy Porgy, Pig, The Landlady, The Visitor, & The Last Act.鈥�
There is just so much variety here. He might discuss bullying, innocence, naivet茅, more satires of the rich and fabulous of English and American society, orphan life, pheasant hunting, furniture dealing, being swallowed whole鈥�
The one called 鈥淏itch鈥� features a recurring character, Oswald, whose fictitious memoirs provide a metafictional element. The idea is very similar to Perfume, but the approach and climax is quite unexpected.
His worst story is on the subject of cow-birthing. Occasionally his far-fetched ideas are simply absurd, without being clever enough to propel the reader鈥檚 interest. But the vast majority are incredibly satisfying to read.
Perhaps my favorite story was 鈥淭he Visitor鈥�, about Oswald鈥檚 Casanovan adventure in the desert. It features a picaresque element and a shocking ending. Dahl is so good at lulling you into a false sense of security. Grim visions like these, are almost guaranteed to capture the heart of fans of speculative fiction, even if he doesn't stray far from Realism. He is not afraid to discomfit the reader. I grew nauseous while reading the prolonged description of brain surgery in 鈥淲illiam and Mary.鈥� I could see the procedure happening in excruciating detail in my mind鈥檚 eye.
Come to Dahl for the extravagant plots, the weird, ghostly surrealism, the cruelty, horror, violence, subtly telling details. The tenuous and artificial connections between human beings are elegantly presented. His rhythm is like a well-composed bar-room style retelling, but add in the uncanny description, and you have his recipe. Levity, amid squalor, provides profound contrast. Lethargic, indulgent, beatific - he was able to capture it all.
What keeps us sane and makes us go insane? Each slanted and skewed perspective was a joy to uncover.
Dahl's stories are always fascinating, and this is a must-have jumbo collection.
Many of these stories, for me, were the antidote to reality. His characters, their perpetually gleaming eyes, their moist lips, constantly wringing their hands and exclaiming, even cackling demoniacally, might put one in mind of fantasy villains. But they are ordinary people. In most cases, any supernatural element is secondary to the human element, and occasionally altogether absent.
Evil children, vengeful spinsters, mad husbands, conniving wives, the murderous, the cunning, the smarmy, and the grand in every way - no matter his target, Dahl conceals and reveals with equal facility. His sly exuberance is always on display when it comes to the surprise endings. And there are plenty of those to go around.
These are not fairy tales. 'Parable' and 'fable' might be words which describe the technique he employs here and there but any of his writerly choices are cast in a modern light. Combinations of outrageous description and stellar plots characterize the majority of the tales. Characters who transform into the things they are consumed by reminded me of The Witches and film adaptations of his children's books.
His sparse, well-chosen, eerie details, provide the texture for his storyteller鈥檚 art, which flows masterfully. He possesses specialized knowledge when needed, explaining the intricacies of greyhound racing for instance. Grief, vanity, and an enormous range of other human emotions and experiences are packed into this bulky collection. The whole gamut.
A few have the sensibility and charm of Twain, others are Rube Goldberg-level business schemes. Think of Wodehouse鈥檚 cat-rat factory system: (Breed cats and rats in large numbers. You feed the cats to the rats and the rats to the cats. Sell the cat skins for profit.)
Detail is paramount to the success of most stories. But the sales pitch is one of the things at which Dahl excels. His characters, when they're not selling a product, are peddling an idea.
Figurative language often explicates the position and emotions of the characters and the reader must use their imagination to conceptualize the story鈥檚 metaphorical and allegorical significance. Figurative language is just fun too, when used well. Other times it is all too clear what he is getting at and subtlety was not the aim. Nonetheless, he is always extraordinarily vivid.
The collection begins with 10 stories about pilots. The author was a pilot himself, and he presents an intimate examination of many transcendent moments, both real and imagined. They deal with man versus nature, the horrors of war, empathy, tragedy, bomber pilots put into harrowing situations, the veteran's damaged psyche and even a dreamlike adventure. Lots of death and air battles provide a backdrop of action, desperation, helplessness. Many take place in exotic locales, like Cairo, Greece, and France. The first 140 pages should be enough to draw any serious reader in to the strange world Dahl crafts so meticulously. It will also turn away any people who assume he can only write stuff for children. These are not the most demanding stories you will find, but they are not for youngsters. Actually, the further along you get in the collection, the more adult they get, including a handful of ones sold to Playboy and other magazines, which really ratchet up the sex and grotesquerie.
The second set of stories deal with the art world, of which Dahl was also a part in his time. Eccentric rich people are easy to poke fun at, and he does it very well. 鈥淣unc Dimittis鈥� reveals what Dahl can do with the revenge plot. 鈥淭he Sound Machine鈥� could have been written by H. G. Wells. When Dahl decides to include science, he is on point. 鈥淢r. Botibol鈥� presents a recurring character at his most self-delusional. It is a charming and heartwarming story. One of the most innocent.
鈥淰engeance is Mine, Inc.鈥� is the first comedy of the business acumen variety in the book. A harebrained scheme turns out miraculously well, while capturing the spirit of industry which so easily consumes and encapsulates a whole history of human affairs.
He lapses into Wodehousian aplomb, relishing insane levels of detail in one of the masterpieces of the collection, called 鈥淭aste.鈥� Other standouts include 鈥淭he Ratcatcher, Mr. Hoddy, Madame Rosette, Galloping Foxley, William and Mary, Georgy Porgy, Pig, The Landlady, The Visitor, & The Last Act.鈥�
There is just so much variety here. He might discuss bullying, innocence, naivet茅, more satires of the rich and fabulous of English and American society, orphan life, pheasant hunting, furniture dealing, being swallowed whole鈥�
The one called 鈥淏itch鈥� features a recurring character, Oswald, whose fictitious memoirs provide a metafictional element. The idea is very similar to Perfume, but the approach and climax is quite unexpected.
His worst story is on the subject of cow-birthing. Occasionally his far-fetched ideas are simply absurd, without being clever enough to propel the reader鈥檚 interest. But the vast majority are incredibly satisfying to read.
Perhaps my favorite story was 鈥淭he Visitor鈥�, about Oswald鈥檚 Casanovan adventure in the desert. It features a picaresque element and a shocking ending. Dahl is so good at lulling you into a false sense of security. Grim visions like these, are almost guaranteed to capture the heart of fans of speculative fiction, even if he doesn't stray far from Realism. He is not afraid to discomfit the reader. I grew nauseous while reading the prolonged description of brain surgery in 鈥淲illiam and Mary.鈥� I could see the procedure happening in excruciating detail in my mind鈥檚 eye.
Come to Dahl for the extravagant plots, the weird, ghostly surrealism, the cruelty, horror, violence, subtly telling details. The tenuous and artificial connections between human beings are elegantly presented. His rhythm is like a well-composed bar-room style retelling, but add in the uncanny description, and you have his recipe. Levity, amid squalor, provides profound contrast. Lethargic, indulgent, beatific - he was able to capture it all.
What keeps us sane and makes us go insane? Each slanted and skewed perspective was a joy to uncover.
Dahl's stories are always fascinating, and this is a must-have jumbo collection.
November 6, 2014
If you really think about it, Roald Dahl is one sick bastard.
He has a kid squeezed up a narrow pipe in and experiences an impromptu liposuction. He has two aunts steamrolled by a giant peach in and left for dead. He has a husband and wife play pranks on each other, one of which leaves the other floating up into the clear blue with her arms trussed up. If it were Stephen King writing, you'd get a better sense of how twisted these situations are.
A children's writer and a horror/thriller writer.
In his adult fiction, Dahl rolls up his sleeves, wipes away the creamy kiddie layer and lets it hang out in all its macabre glory. Even a sweet story like a boy going to live with his vegetarian grandmother, like in , turned out to have a far more horrifying result than I expected.
I'm on the fence as whether to call his work feminist because there are portrayals I'm rather uncomfortable with, like in Mrs. Bixby's coat that opens with a bunch of working-class men shivering in a pub together, away from their cunning, sharp-tongued wives. But on the other hand, Dahl has a tendency to write passive women, that have been squashed down their whole lives by their hubby, getting revenge in most grisly fashion possible.
Leaving him to rot in a trapped elevator, for one. Lording over her husband's sentient brain after it was saved for research. Smashing his brains in with a leg of lamb, then popping it into the oven and offering it to the cops that come investigate. The perfect murder weapon is not an icicle, members of the jury, it is in fact a pot roast.
Some stories are duller than others, but on whole, not bad, Dahl. You could give King a run for his money.
He has a kid squeezed up a narrow pipe in and experiences an impromptu liposuction. He has two aunts steamrolled by a giant peach in and left for dead. He has a husband and wife play pranks on each other, one of which leaves the other floating up into the clear blue with her arms trussed up. If it were Stephen King writing, you'd get a better sense of how twisted these situations are.
A children's writer and a horror/thriller writer.
In his adult fiction, Dahl rolls up his sleeves, wipes away the creamy kiddie layer and lets it hang out in all its macabre glory. Even a sweet story like a boy going to live with his vegetarian grandmother, like in , turned out to have a far more horrifying result than I expected.
"I'm glad you liked it," the cook said. "But to be quite honest, I think that it was a bit of pig. In fact, I'm almost sure it was."
"You sure?"
"Yes, I am."
I'm on the fence as whether to call his work feminist because there are portrayals I'm rather uncomfortable with, like in Mrs. Bixby's coat that opens with a bunch of working-class men shivering in a pub together, away from their cunning, sharp-tongued wives. But on the other hand, Dahl has a tendency to write passive women, that have been squashed down their whole lives by their hubby, getting revenge in most grisly fashion possible.
Leaving him to rot in a trapped elevator, for one. Lording over her husband's sentient brain after it was saved for research. Smashing his brains in with a leg of lamb, then popping it into the oven and offering it to the cops that come investigate. The perfect murder weapon is not an icicle, members of the jury, it is in fact a pot roast.
Some stories are duller than others, but on whole, not bad, Dahl. You could give King a run for his money.
December 6, 2023
携泻褖芯 写芯褋褨 褔懈褌邪谢懈 胁懈泻谢褞褔薪芯 写懈褌褟褔褨 泻薪懈谐懈 胁褨写 袛邪谢邪, 芯褋芯斜懈褋褌懈泄 褉械泻芯屑械薪写邪褋泄芯薪, 锌芯褔懈褌邪褌懈 泄芯谐芯 芯锌芯胁褨写邪薪薪褟 写谢褟 写芯褉芯褋谢懈褏. 袚械褌褜 锌芯-褨薪褕芯屑褍 胁褨写泻褉懈胁邪褦褌褜褋褟 邪胁褌芯褉 (褏芯褔 锌芯写械泻褍写懈 褨 褦 褋锌褨谢褜薪褨 蟹薪邪屑械薪薪懈泻懈 胁 褏邪褉邪泻褌械褉邪褏 谐械褉芯褩胁 褟泻 写懈褌褟褔芯褩 褌邪泻 褨 写芯褉芯褋谢芯褩 锌褉芯蟹懈).
袧邪泄褟褋泻褉邪胁褨褕懈屑 泻芯薪褌褉邪褋褌 斜褍写械 锌褨褋谢褟 锌褉芯褔懈褌邪薪薪褟 芯锌芯胁褨写邪薪薪褟 小胁懈薪褟. 孝邪泻芯褩 褉芯蟹胁鈥櫻徯沸盒� 谐芯写褨 斜褍谢芯 褋锌芯写褨胁邪褌懈褋褜.
袧邪泄褟褋泻褉邪胁褨褕懈屑 泻芯薪褌褉邪褋褌 斜褍写械 锌褨褋谢褟 锌褉芯褔懈褌邪薪薪褟 芯锌芯胁褨写邪薪薪褟 小胁懈薪褟. 孝邪泻芯褩 褉芯蟹胁鈥櫻徯沸盒� 谐芯写褨 斜褍谢芯 褋锌芯写褨胁邪褌懈褋褜.
November 28, 2023
Di solito, quando si commenta una raccolta di racconti, si comincia dicendo che il livello delle novelle 猫 altalenante, nel mucchio ci sono storie che ci sono piaciute assai e da considerarsi ottime -poche, di solito-, quelle a malapena decenti e quelle decisamente orride.
Con Roald Dahl questo non succede. Anche il meno bello dei racconti, qui, 猫 comunque un petardo scoppiettante.
Lo schema si ripete pi霉 o meno sempre simile: si parte con la descrizione di una normalissima scena di vita quotidiana, cos矛 banale che certo porterebbe subito alla noia se non fosse per la prosa frizzante e cristallina dell'Autore, dopodich茅 cade, nel mezzo del racconto, gettato improvvisamente e quasi per caso, un elemento straordinario ed eccezionale che porta la narrazione verso un'iperbole di sensazionale coinvolgimento fino al raggiungimento del suo apice. Ed 猫 proprio l矛, quando ormai la storia sembra giunta alla sua naturale conclusione, che succede: un colpo di scena finale, micidiale, fulminante, che porta il lettore a riconsiderare l'intera vicenda da un nuovo punto di vista, ed ogni volta 猫 quasi impossibile non increspare le labbra in un divertito ghigno di appagamento.
Per cui, non posso dir altro che d'aver trovato bellissimo tutto, dai lirici racconti delle battaglie aeree della II Guerra Mondiale -Dahl ti fa sentire le vibrazioni della carlinga e l'aria che passa dai fori di proiettile, tanta 猫 la sua bravura nel farci rivivere ci貌 che lui stesso prov貌-, alle spassose storielle licenziose scritte per PlayBoy, fino alle novelle pi霉 perfidamente macabre e raccapriccianti.
I temi ricorrenti dei racconti sono grossomodo gli stessi dei suoi ben pi霉 noti romanzi per fanciulli, ma su tutti spicca quello della beffa, da Dahl sempre usata come supremo strumento di giustizia sociale: i ricchi e i potenti vengono irrimediabilmente beffati perch茅 troppo tronfi, resi ciechi dal loro status, ma pure i furbetti truffaldini, autori di burle sopraffine, quando superano il limite vengono a loro volta gabbati, tendenzialmente rovinandosi con le proprie mani, sempre fra le grasse risate dei lettori.
Un libro che ho centellinato con estrema parsimonia, come un raro liquore, un inchiostro fuori produzione o un profumo vintage, sapendo che, una volta finito, assai difficilmente avrei potuto ancora assaporare qualcosa di paragonabile; una lettura che dimostra, senza ombra di dubbio, che al mondo non esistono scrittori per i pi霉 piccini e scrittori per i grandi, ma solo scrittori piccini o grandi scrittori.
Con Roald Dahl questo non succede. Anche il meno bello dei racconti, qui, 猫 comunque un petardo scoppiettante.
Lo schema si ripete pi霉 o meno sempre simile: si parte con la descrizione di una normalissima scena di vita quotidiana, cos矛 banale che certo porterebbe subito alla noia se non fosse per la prosa frizzante e cristallina dell'Autore, dopodich茅 cade, nel mezzo del racconto, gettato improvvisamente e quasi per caso, un elemento straordinario ed eccezionale che porta la narrazione verso un'iperbole di sensazionale coinvolgimento fino al raggiungimento del suo apice. Ed 猫 proprio l矛, quando ormai la storia sembra giunta alla sua naturale conclusione, che succede: un colpo di scena finale, micidiale, fulminante, che porta il lettore a riconsiderare l'intera vicenda da un nuovo punto di vista, ed ogni volta 猫 quasi impossibile non increspare le labbra in un divertito ghigno di appagamento.
Per cui, non posso dir altro che d'aver trovato bellissimo tutto, dai lirici racconti delle battaglie aeree della II Guerra Mondiale -Dahl ti fa sentire le vibrazioni della carlinga e l'aria che passa dai fori di proiettile, tanta 猫 la sua bravura nel farci rivivere ci貌 che lui stesso prov貌-, alle spassose storielle licenziose scritte per PlayBoy, fino alle novelle pi霉 perfidamente macabre e raccapriccianti.
I temi ricorrenti dei racconti sono grossomodo gli stessi dei suoi ben pi霉 noti romanzi per fanciulli, ma su tutti spicca quello della beffa, da Dahl sempre usata come supremo strumento di giustizia sociale: i ricchi e i potenti vengono irrimediabilmente beffati perch茅 troppo tronfi, resi ciechi dal loro status, ma pure i furbetti truffaldini, autori di burle sopraffine, quando superano il limite vengono a loro volta gabbati, tendenzialmente rovinandosi con le proprie mani, sempre fra le grasse risate dei lettori.
Un libro che ho centellinato con estrema parsimonia, come un raro liquore, un inchiostro fuori produzione o un profumo vintage, sapendo che, una volta finito, assai difficilmente avrei potuto ancora assaporare qualcosa di paragonabile; una lettura che dimostra, senza ombra di dubbio, che al mondo non esistono scrittori per i pi霉 piccini e scrittori per i grandi, ma solo scrittori piccini o grandi scrittori.
July 10, 2016
Description: Charles Dance leads the cast as the urbane Storyteller in dramatisations of five classic tales by Roald Dahl. Bizarre and amusing by turns, these dark comedies are justly famous for their surprise endings, and for their rogues gallery of crooks, cheats and schemers.
The stories show Dahl at the height of his powers as a writer of adult fiction, combining black comedy with sly social satire. They are stylishly plotted, vividly characterised and made unforgettable by their breezy cynicism, presenting a hilariously bleak view of human nature.
In The Butler, we meet George Cleaver, the Sausage King of the North, who sells his business and moves to London in order to enter society. He employs a butler, Tibbs, to help him to do this. Tibbs explains that it's vital Cleaver learns as much as he can about fine wines - and, to this end, Tibbs sets about buying rare and expensive vintages and educating his employer. Before long, Cleaver feels he no longer needs his butler's advice.
April 27, 2017
This collection took me a really really long time to finish. Can't say that I liked all the short stories but the best was the part of Tales of the Unexpected. This collection contains all the short stories by Roald Dahl,some very interesting enough to keep you interested till the very end. The stories fall into many categories: funny,horror,mystery,adventure,every genre mostly-which is great as different readers have different tastes. Each story gives a different vibe,some will make you smile,some will make you sad and some will make you wonder at the writer's amazing credibility.
I won't suggest it to finish it in one go,but it's better to read it in between other book,while waiting in a bus or a car,while having meals- any time really. It just worked for me this way.
I won't suggest it to finish it in one go,but it's better to read it in between other book,while waiting in a bus or a car,while having meals- any time really. It just worked for me this way.
June 30, 2007
By far one of my favorite collections of short stories. If you really enjoyed thinking of Roald Dahl as the sweet children's author of the BFG and Charlie and the Chocolate factory then you shouldn't pick this one up. Dahl shows his truly sick and twisted colors in these wonderfully colorful, tales- each with its own twist or cliffhanger at the end. Dark, explorative, and quite a refreshing read.
December 30, 2018
Mega recopilaci贸n de toda la obra corta y adulta de Roald Dahl. Todos los relatos est谩n estupendamente escritos y tienen algo que retiene tu atenci贸n. Mis preferidos son los extra铆dos de 鈥淓l gran cambiazo鈥� que tienen de protagonista a Oswaldo Cornelius (el mismo de su 煤nica novela "Mi t铆o Oswald") 鈥淓l visitante鈥� y 鈥淧erra鈥� luego me parecen exquisitos 鈥淟a se帽ora Bixby y el abrigo del coronel鈥�, 鈥淧lacer de cl茅rigo鈥�, 鈥淗ombre del sur鈥�, 鈥淕alloping Foxley鈥�, 鈥淭atuaje鈥�, 鈥淛alea real鈥�, 鈥淓l gran cambiazo鈥�, 鈥淓l tesoro de Mildenhall鈥� y 鈥淲illiam y Mary鈥�.
Alfred Hitchcock adapt贸 para su serie de TV unos cuantos: 鈥淐ordero asado鈥�, 鈥淰eneno鈥�, 鈥淎puestas鈥�, 鈥淟a se帽ora Bixby y el abrigo del coronel鈥� y el m谩s m铆tico de todos, absolutamente de culto 鈥淓l hombre del sur鈥� en el que se apostaba sobre si un mechero era capaz de encenderse diez veces seguidas y que por cierto Tarantino tambi茅n homenajeo en 鈥淔our Rooms鈥�.
Un verdadero maestro de las letras. Imprescindible en tu biblioteca.
Alfred Hitchcock adapt贸 para su serie de TV unos cuantos: 鈥淐ordero asado鈥�, 鈥淰eneno鈥�, 鈥淎puestas鈥�, 鈥淟a se帽ora Bixby y el abrigo del coronel鈥� y el m谩s m铆tico de todos, absolutamente de culto 鈥淓l hombre del sur鈥� en el que se apostaba sobre si un mechero era capaz de encenderse diez veces seguidas y que por cierto Tarantino tambi茅n homenajeo en 鈥淔our Rooms鈥�.
Un verdadero maestro de las letras. Imprescindible en tu biblioteca.
June 18, 2019
This book has pride of place on my bookshelf. Now and again I take it down and re-read it. Of all authors, Roald Dahl has been the most influential for my own writing. Many think Dahl writes children's stories, but this collection is strictly for adults. Classy, amusing, gruesome, and with a twist at the end that makes you gawk with shock. Amazing.
June 30, 2018
笑褟 泻薪懈谐邪 胁褨写褉芯写懈谢邪 屑芯褞 胁褨褉褍 褍 泻芯褉芯褌泻褍 锌褉芯蟹褍. 携 褍 蟹邪褏胁邪褌褨!
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April 7, 2008I can't get enough of Roald Dahl! I'm in the middle of too many books right now, but I couldn't resist when I came across this treasure at the library!
Dahl is a marvelous storyteller--simply brilliant!--but I sometimes wonder if I would enjoy his adult short stories as much if I hadn't first loved his children's books as a young girl. (This--which is probably true for most of us--is actually a reversed order. Dahl began his writing career with these short stories, and most of his children's classics are products of the latter half.) I mean, a lot of his short stories are grotesque and downright morbid...and I question myself, because I find them so engrossing!
Well, I guess if you are a fan of Roald Dahl, you'll enjoy this collection--there are a lot of old favorites, but also plenty of new delights that I've never come across before. One critic characterizes his stories well: "Fantastic as Grimm, neat as O. Henry, heartless as Saki, they stick in the mind long after subtler ones have faded..." Dahl is "an artist with a marvelously topsy-turvy sense of the ridiculous in life."
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This collection was great fun! I will probably forget many of the crazy plots and characters and be ready to enjoy them anew in a couple years' time. Hurrah for a terribly porous memory!
Dahl is a marvelous storyteller--simply brilliant!--but I sometimes wonder if I would enjoy his adult short stories as much if I hadn't first loved his children's books as a young girl. (This--which is probably true for most of us--is actually a reversed order. Dahl began his writing career with these short stories, and most of his children's classics are products of the latter half.) I mean, a lot of his short stories are grotesque and downright morbid...and I question myself, because I find them so engrossing!
Well, I guess if you are a fan of Roald Dahl, you'll enjoy this collection--there are a lot of old favorites, but also plenty of new delights that I've never come across before. One critic characterizes his stories well: "Fantastic as Grimm, neat as O. Henry, heartless as Saki, they stick in the mind long after subtler ones have faded..." Dahl is "an artist with a marvelously topsy-turvy sense of the ridiculous in life."
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This collection was great fun! I will probably forget many of the crazy plots and characters and be ready to enjoy them anew in a couple years' time. Hurrah for a terribly porous memory!
July 28, 2017
Tutti noi conosciamo Roald Dahl come scrittore di libri per ragazzi (forse LO scrittore), ma in realt脿 era un grande scrittore in senso pi霉 lato, capace di tirar fuori un capolavoro parlando di un grande gigante gentile, ma anche di due soldati che parlano in un bar della causalit脿 con cui sul campo si uccidano determinate persone invece che altre.
In questo volume sono raccolte tutte (o quasi) le antologie dei suoi racconti brevi, ed 茅 qui pi霉 che nei classici che conosciamo, troviamo tracce di Roald Dahl come persona: aviatore durante la WWII, padre di famiglia sfortunato, viaggiatore, sceneggiatore, e vero inglese dallo humor nero. Fra queste pagine troverete soprattutto storie grottesche, con personaggi per niente positivi con cui per貌 猫 inevitabile non empatizzare, storie di guerra, probabilmente autobiografiche, e dove una in particolare mi ha ricordato una scena del film "Porco Rosso" (e Wikipedia mi conferma che Miyazaki si 猫 ispirato proprio a quel racconto!), e poi ancora storie scritte per Playboy, dove troviamo lo zio Oswald, lo sciupafemmine che avr脿 poi un romanzo tutto suo, e un racconto che praticamente anticipa "Profumo" di S眉skind.
Sono racconti tutti diversi, brillanti, divertenti e terribili allo stesso tempo, alcuni assolutamente indimenticabili, con finali che riescono sempre a spiazzare.
In questo volume sono raccolte tutte (o quasi) le antologie dei suoi racconti brevi, ed 茅 qui pi霉 che nei classici che conosciamo, troviamo tracce di Roald Dahl come persona: aviatore durante la WWII, padre di famiglia sfortunato, viaggiatore, sceneggiatore, e vero inglese dallo humor nero. Fra queste pagine troverete soprattutto storie grottesche, con personaggi per niente positivi con cui per貌 猫 inevitabile non empatizzare, storie di guerra, probabilmente autobiografiche, e dove una in particolare mi ha ricordato una scena del film "Porco Rosso" (e Wikipedia mi conferma che Miyazaki si 猫 ispirato proprio a quel racconto!), e poi ancora storie scritte per Playboy, dove troviamo lo zio Oswald, lo sciupafemmine che avr脿 poi un romanzo tutto suo, e un racconto che praticamente anticipa "Profumo" di S眉skind.
Sono racconti tutti diversi, brillanti, divertenti e terribili allo stesso tempo, alcuni assolutamente indimenticabili, con finali che riescono sempre a spiazzare.
July 14, 2021
Dimenticatevi tutte le sue storie che ha scritto per i bambini. I racconti di Dahl sono intrisi di umorismo macabro, di un destino che si beffa dei protagonisti e li condanna al loro " naturale destino". Ho percepito anche un richiamo alle tematiche di Shirley Jackson.
Dategli una possibilit脿 a questi racconti. Rimarrete a bocca aperta.
Dategli una possibilit脿 a questi racconti. Rimarrete a bocca aperta.
March 18, 2017
Es verdaderamente entra帽able deleitarse siendo ni帽o con las historias infantiles de Roald Dahl. Despu茅s te sometes - 驴o te someten? - a algo que llaman crecimiento y vas recordando con lastimosa nostalgia la suerte de Charlie o la gran inteligencia de Matilda, recordando que fueron grandes historias pero que esos zapatos te han quedado peque帽os. Pero cuando llegas a adulto, las historias de Dahl est谩n todav铆a esper谩ndote en un formato m谩s adecuado. Menuda sorpresa, qu茅 incre铆ble colecci贸n de cuentos para llevarse a los ojos...
Podr铆a hablar de casi todos los cuentos, pero me dedicar茅 a establecer una l铆nea com煤n entre todos ellos. Si hay algo com煤n en ellos es el factor inesperado. Las historias pueden ser m谩s o menos fantasiosas en sus escenarios, pero en todas ellas existe un elemento inveros铆mil que se desarrolla con mayor o menor aceptaci贸n, si bien puede ser algo m谩gico o algo real pero poco probable. Los cuentos de Dahl son irresistibles de devorar a bocados precisamente por sus finales, en ocasiones sorprendentes y en otras demasiado abiertos... sin llegar nunca a defraudar.
Por ello creo que son plato seguro del disfrute de todo aqu茅l lector fan谩tico de las historias cortas, quien seguro encontrar谩 reconfortantes momentos en esta recopilaci贸n.
A continuaci贸n resumo algunos de mis favoritos:
- El gran cambiazo: dos hombres casados deciden intercambiarse a sus mujeres una noche sin que ellas lo adviertan, invirtiendo mucho tiempo en la preparaci贸n minuciosa del acto.
- La maravillosa historia de Henry Sugar: el relato de un m茅dico que conoce a un paciente capaz de ver a trav茅s de los objetos conduce al lector de esa historia a emular al paciente, aprovechando su poder para ganar grandes sumas en todos los casinos del mundo.
- Gastr贸nomos: un padre de familia reta a un experto catador de vinos apost谩ndose a su hija.
Cordero asado: una mujer que mata a su marido piensa en dar de comer el arma homicida al inspector que investiga el caso.
- Tatuaje: un reputado pintor hizo una de sus primeras obras en la espalda de un hombre, acosado ahora por los grandes coleccionistas para obtener aquella valiosa pintura sobre su piel.
- Jalea real: preocupado por su hija de meses, quien apenas toma la leche del biber贸n y est谩 adelgazando peligrosamente, un apicultor decide alimentarla con jalea real, sin predecir las consecuencias
- La subida al cielo: una mujer que siempre tiene que llegar puntual en sus viajes es capaz de hacer cualquier cosa por cumplir el dictado del reloj.
Podr铆a hablar de casi todos los cuentos, pero me dedicar茅 a establecer una l铆nea com煤n entre todos ellos. Si hay algo com煤n en ellos es el factor inesperado. Las historias pueden ser m谩s o menos fantasiosas en sus escenarios, pero en todas ellas existe un elemento inveros铆mil que se desarrolla con mayor o menor aceptaci贸n, si bien puede ser algo m谩gico o algo real pero poco probable. Los cuentos de Dahl son irresistibles de devorar a bocados precisamente por sus finales, en ocasiones sorprendentes y en otras demasiado abiertos... sin llegar nunca a defraudar.
Por ello creo que son plato seguro del disfrute de todo aqu茅l lector fan谩tico de las historias cortas, quien seguro encontrar谩 reconfortantes momentos en esta recopilaci贸n.
A continuaci贸n resumo algunos de mis favoritos:
- El gran cambiazo: dos hombres casados deciden intercambiarse a sus mujeres una noche sin que ellas lo adviertan, invirtiendo mucho tiempo en la preparaci贸n minuciosa del acto.
- La maravillosa historia de Henry Sugar: el relato de un m茅dico que conoce a un paciente capaz de ver a trav茅s de los objetos conduce al lector de esa historia a emular al paciente, aprovechando su poder para ganar grandes sumas en todos los casinos del mundo.
- Gastr贸nomos: un padre de familia reta a un experto catador de vinos apost谩ndose a su hija.
Cordero asado: una mujer que mata a su marido piensa en dar de comer el arma homicida al inspector que investiga el caso.
- Tatuaje: un reputado pintor hizo una de sus primeras obras en la espalda de un hombre, acosado ahora por los grandes coleccionistas para obtener aquella valiosa pintura sobre su piel.
- Jalea real: preocupado por su hija de meses, quien apenas toma la leche del biber贸n y est谩 adelgazando peligrosamente, un apicultor decide alimentarla con jalea real, sin predecir las consecuencias
- La subida al cielo: una mujer que siempre tiene que llegar puntual en sus viajes es capaz de hacer cualquier cosa por cumplir el dictado del reloj.
November 18, 2022
"袧褨褖芯 褌邪泻 薪械 屑褍褔懈褌褜, 褟泻 薪邪屑邪谐邪薪薪褟 锌褉懈谐邪写邪褌懈 褌械, 褖芯 锌芯褋褌褨泄薪芯 胁懈褋谢懈蟹邪褦 胁 芯褋褌邪薪薪褞 屑懈褌褜 蟹 蟹邪泻邪锌械谢泻褨胁 胁邪褕芯褩 锌邪屑'褟褌褨."
袛褍卸械 写邪胁薪芯 褏芯褌褨谢邪 锌褉芯褔懈褌邪褌懈 蟹斜褨褉泻褍 芯锌芯胁褨写邪薪褜 写谢褟 写芯褉芯褋谢懈褏 袪芯邪谢褜写邪 袛邪谢邪, 邪写卸械 屑械薪褨 锌芯写芯斜邪褞褌褜褋褟 泄芯谐芯 写懈褌褟褔褨 褌胁芯褉懈.
袨褌卸械, 褑械 蟹斜褨褉泻邪 蟹 褕褨褋褌薪邪写褑褟褌懈 薪械泄屑芯胁褨褉薪懈褏 褨褋褌芯褉褨泄, 薪邪锌懈褋邪薪懈褏 胁 锌械褉褨芯写 蟹 1945 锌芯 1977 褉芯泻懈.
袦邪泄卸械 泻芯卸薪械 芯锌芯胁褨写邪薪薪褟 褕芯泻褍褦 薪械芯褔褨泻褍胁邪薪懈屑 褨 胁褨写泻褉懈褌懈屑 褎褨薪邪谢芯屑!)
孝褉芯褕泻懈 写械褌邪谢褜薪褨褕械 锌褉芯 屑芯褩 褍谢褞斜谢械薪褨 褨褋褌芯褉褨褩:
"袥褞写懈薪邪 蟹 锌褨胁写薪褟"
袙邪褋 芯褔褨泻褍褦 薪械蟹胁懈褔薪械 锌邪褉褨 薪邪 袣邪写褨谢邪泻 褌邪... 屑褨蟹懈薪械褑褜 谢褨胁芯褩 褉褍泻懈!
"袟胁褍泻芯胁邪 屑邪褕懈薪邪"
些芯 褋褌邪薪械褌褜褋褟, 褟泻褖芯 胁懈薪邪泄褌懈 屑邪褕懈薪褍, 蟹邪胁写褟泻懈 褟泻褨泄 屑懈 蟹屑芯卸械屑芯 褔褍褌懈 薪懈蟹褜泻芯 邪斜芯 胁懈褋芯泻芯褔邪褋褌芯褌薪褨 蟹胁褍泻懈 褨 锌芯褉懈薪褍褌懈 胁 斜械蟹屑械卸薪懈泄 褋胁褨褌 蟹胁褍泻褨胁.
"小褌邪胁泻邪 薪邪 褋褌褉懈斜芯泻"
袘械蟹屑械卸薪械 屑芯褉械, 泻芯褉邪斜械谢褜薪懈泄 褌芯褌邪谢褨蟹邪褌芯褉 褨 卸邪写褨斜薪褨褋褌褜 - 胁懈泄褕谢芯 写褍卸械 褑褨泻邪胁芯.)
"楔泻褨褉邪" - 褑械 芯写薪械 褨蟹 屑芯褌芯褉芯褕薪懈褏 芯锌芯胁褨写邪薪褜 褑褨褦褩 蟹斜褨褉泻懈, 胁 薪褜芯屑褍 屑懈 蟹薪邪泄芯屑懈屑芯褋褟 蟹 褋褌邪褉械薪褜泻懈屑 褔芯谢芯胁褨泻芯屑 薪邪 褨屑'褟 袛褉褨芯谢褨, 蟹胁懈褔邪泄薪懈泄 褋芯斜褨 褔芯谢芯胁褨泻, 泻褉褨屑 褌芯谐芯, 褖芯 褍 薪褜芯谐芯 薪邪 褕泻褨褉褨 泻邪褉褌懈薪邪 胁褨写芯屑芯谐芯 褏褍写芯卸薪懈泻邪...
"袣芯薪褟泻邪 肖芯泻褋谢褨" - 写芯胁芯谢褨 褋锌芯泻褨泄薪械, 褉芯蟹屑褨褉械薪械 芯锌芯胁褨写邪薪薪褟 锌褉芯 褔芯谢芯胁褨泻邪, 褟泻懈泄 36 褉芯泻褨胁, 锌'褟褌褜 写薪褨胁 薪邪 褌懈卸写械薪褜 褩蟹写懈褌褜 胁 袥芯薪写芯薪-褋褨褌褨 薪邪 锌芯褩蟹写褨: "...薪褨褖芯 褌邪泻 锌芯蟹懈褌懈胁薪芯 薪械 胁锌谢懈薪械 薪邪 胁邪褕 写褍褕械胁薪懈泄 褋锌芯泻褨泄, 褟泻 褉褍褌懈薪邪 泄 褍蟹胁懈褔邪褦薪懈泄 锌芯褉褟写芯泻" - 褏褨斜邪 褖芯 薪芯胁懈泄 锌邪褋邪卸懈褉...
"楔谢褟褏 褍 薪械斜械褋邪" - 锌褉芯 屑褨褋褨褋 肖芯褋褌械褉 褨 褩褩 锌邪褌芯谢芯谐褨褔薪懈泄 褋褌褉邪褏 蟹邪锌褨蟹薪懈褌懈褋褜 薪邪 锌芯褩蟹写, 谢褨褌邪泻, 泻芯褉邪斜械谢褜 褔懈 薪邪胁褨褌褜 薪邪 锌械褉褕褍 写褨褞 胁 褌械邪褌褉褨...
孝械卸 薪械芯褔褨泻褍胁邪薪懈泄 褨 屑芯褌芯褉芯褕薪懈泄 褎褨薪邪谢! "袩邪褋褌芯褉芯胁邪 胁褌褨褏邪" - 袦褨褋褌械褉 袘芯覒覒褨褋 锌褉芯写邪胁械褑褜 邪薪褌懈褔锟斤拷懈屑懈 屑械斜谢褟屑懈 褨 褔械褌胁械褉褌懈泄 泻芯屑芯写 "效懈锌锌械薪写械泄谢邪"!
袛褍卸械 褑褨泻邪胁邪 褨 褋屑褨褕薪邪 褨褋褌芯褉褨褟.
"袚芯褋锌芯写懈薪褟" - 屑芯褦 薪邪泄褍谢褞斜谢械薪褨褕械 芯锌芯胁褨写邪薪薪褟, 屑芯褌芯褉芯褕薪械 褨 蟹邪谐邪写泻芯胁械.
袘褨谢谢褨 袙褨胁械褉 锌褉懈褩褏邪胁 褍 屑邪谢械薪褜泻械 屑褨褋褌械褔泻芯, 褕褍泻邪褞褔懈 写械 蟹褍锌懈薪懈褌懈褋褟 薪邪 薪褨褔 锌芯斜邪褔懈胁 锌邪薪褋褨芯薪邪褌: 蟹械谢械薪褨 芯泻褋邪屑懈褌芯胁褨 褕褌芯褉懈, 薪邪 褩褏 褌谢褨 褔褍写芯胁褨 谐褉懈蟹邪薪褌械屑懈, 褟褋泻褉邪胁懈泄 胁芯谐芯薪褜 褍 泻邪屑褨薪褨, 薪邪 泻懈谢懈屑褨 蟹谐芯褉薪褍胁褕懈褋褜 泻谢褍斜芯褔泻芯屑 褋锌懈褌褜 褌邪泻褋邪... 袨褋褜 褌褨谢褜泻懈 胁谢邪褋薪懈褑褟 锌邪薪褋褨芯薪邪褌褍, 写芯胁芯谢褨 写懈胁薪邪 锌邪薪褨...
袪芯邪谢褜写 袛邪谢 屑械薪械 薪械 褉芯蟹褔邪褉褍胁邪谢, 褨褉芯薪褨褟, 褔芯褉薪懈泄 谐褍屑芯褉 褨 薪械褋锌芯写褨胁邪薪褨, 褨薪泻芯谢懈 写懈胁薪褨 褎褨薪邪谢懈 胁 泻芯卸薪褨泄 褨褋褌芯褉褨褩!
袙褨写褨褉胁邪褌懈褋褟 胁邪卸泻芯, 褋褌芯褉褨薪泻懈 锌械褉械谐芯褉褌邪褞褌褜褋褟, 斜褉芯胁懈 锌褨写薪褨屑邪褞褌褜褋褟 胁谐芯褉褍, 薪邪 胁褍褋褌邪褏 薪械褋屑褨谢懈胁邪 褍褋屑褨褕泻邪, 芯褏 褨 锌芯薪邪锌懈褋褍胁邪谢 锌邪薪 袛邪谢!)
袛褍卸械 写邪胁薪芯 褏芯褌褨谢邪 锌褉芯褔懈褌邪褌懈 蟹斜褨褉泻褍 芯锌芯胁褨写邪薪褜 写谢褟 写芯褉芯褋谢懈褏 袪芯邪谢褜写邪 袛邪谢邪, 邪写卸械 屑械薪褨 锌芯写芯斜邪褞褌褜褋褟 泄芯谐芯 写懈褌褟褔褨 褌胁芯褉懈.
袨褌卸械, 褑械 蟹斜褨褉泻邪 蟹 褕褨褋褌薪邪写褑褟褌懈 薪械泄屑芯胁褨褉薪懈褏 褨褋褌芯褉褨泄, 薪邪锌懈褋邪薪懈褏 胁 锌械褉褨芯写 蟹 1945 锌芯 1977 褉芯泻懈.
袦邪泄卸械 泻芯卸薪械 芯锌芯胁褨写邪薪薪褟 褕芯泻褍褦 薪械芯褔褨泻褍胁邪薪懈屑 褨 胁褨写泻褉懈褌懈屑 褎褨薪邪谢芯屑!)
孝褉芯褕泻懈 写械褌邪谢褜薪褨褕械 锌褉芯 屑芯褩 褍谢褞斜谢械薪褨 褨褋褌芯褉褨褩:
"袥褞写懈薪邪 蟹 锌褨胁写薪褟"
袙邪褋 芯褔褨泻褍褦 薪械蟹胁懈褔薪械 锌邪褉褨 薪邪 袣邪写褨谢邪泻 褌邪... 屑褨蟹懈薪械褑褜 谢褨胁芯褩 褉褍泻懈!
"袟胁褍泻芯胁邪 屑邪褕懈薪邪"
些芯 褋褌邪薪械褌褜褋褟, 褟泻褖芯 胁懈薪邪泄褌懈 屑邪褕懈薪褍, 蟹邪胁写褟泻懈 褟泻褨泄 屑懈 蟹屑芯卸械屑芯 褔褍褌懈 薪懈蟹褜泻芯 邪斜芯 胁懈褋芯泻芯褔邪褋褌芯褌薪褨 蟹胁褍泻懈 褨 锌芯褉懈薪褍褌懈 胁 斜械蟹屑械卸薪懈泄 褋胁褨褌 蟹胁褍泻褨胁.
"小褌邪胁泻邪 薪邪 褋褌褉懈斜芯泻"
袘械蟹屑械卸薪械 屑芯褉械, 泻芯褉邪斜械谢褜薪懈泄 褌芯褌邪谢褨蟹邪褌芯褉 褨 卸邪写褨斜薪褨褋褌褜 - 胁懈泄褕谢芯 写褍卸械 褑褨泻邪胁芯.)
"楔泻褨褉邪" - 褑械 芯写薪械 褨蟹 屑芯褌芯褉芯褕薪懈褏 芯锌芯胁褨写邪薪褜 褑褨褦褩 蟹斜褨褉泻懈, 胁 薪褜芯屑褍 屑懈 蟹薪邪泄芯屑懈屑芯褋褟 蟹 褋褌邪褉械薪褜泻懈屑 褔芯谢芯胁褨泻芯屑 薪邪 褨屑'褟 袛褉褨芯谢褨, 蟹胁懈褔邪泄薪懈泄 褋芯斜褨 褔芯谢芯胁褨泻, 泻褉褨屑 褌芯谐芯, 褖芯 褍 薪褜芯谐芯 薪邪 褕泻褨褉褨 泻邪褉褌懈薪邪 胁褨写芯屑芯谐芯 褏褍写芯卸薪懈泻邪...
"袣芯薪褟泻邪 肖芯泻褋谢褨" - 写芯胁芯谢褨 褋锌芯泻褨泄薪械, 褉芯蟹屑褨褉械薪械 芯锌芯胁褨写邪薪薪褟 锌褉芯 褔芯谢芯胁褨泻邪, 褟泻懈泄 36 褉芯泻褨胁, 锌'褟褌褜 写薪褨胁 薪邪 褌懈卸写械薪褜 褩蟹写懈褌褜 胁 袥芯薪写芯薪-褋褨褌褨 薪邪 锌芯褩蟹写褨: "...薪褨褖芯 褌邪泻 锌芯蟹懈褌懈胁薪芯 薪械 胁锌谢懈薪械 薪邪 胁邪褕 写褍褕械胁薪懈泄 褋锌芯泻褨泄, 褟泻 褉褍褌懈薪邪 泄 褍蟹胁懈褔邪褦薪懈泄 锌芯褉褟写芯泻" - 褏褨斜邪 褖芯 薪芯胁懈泄 锌邪褋邪卸懈褉...
"楔谢褟褏 褍 薪械斜械褋邪" - 锌褉芯 屑褨褋褨褋 肖芯褋褌械褉 褨 褩褩 锌邪褌芯谢芯谐褨褔薪懈泄 褋褌褉邪褏 蟹邪锌褨蟹薪懈褌懈褋褜 薪邪 锌芯褩蟹写, 谢褨褌邪泻, 泻芯褉邪斜械谢褜 褔懈 薪邪胁褨褌褜 薪邪 锌械褉褕褍 写褨褞 胁 褌械邪褌褉褨...
孝械卸 薪械芯褔褨泻褍胁邪薪懈泄 褨 屑芯褌芯褉芯褕薪懈泄 褎褨薪邪谢! "袩邪褋褌芯褉芯胁邪 胁褌褨褏邪" - 袦褨褋褌械褉 袘芯覒覒褨褋 锌褉芯写邪胁械褑褜 邪薪褌懈褔锟斤拷懈屑懈 屑械斜谢褟屑懈 褨 褔械褌胁械褉褌懈泄 泻芯屑芯写 "效懈锌锌械薪写械泄谢邪"!
袛褍卸械 褑褨泻邪胁邪 褨 褋屑褨褕薪邪 褨褋褌芯褉褨褟.
"袚芯褋锌芯写懈薪褟" - 屑芯褦 薪邪泄褍谢褞斜谢械薪褨褕械 芯锌芯胁褨写邪薪薪褟, 屑芯褌芯褉芯褕薪械 褨 蟹邪谐邪写泻芯胁械.
袘褨谢谢褨 袙褨胁械褉 锌褉懈褩褏邪胁 褍 屑邪谢械薪褜泻械 屑褨褋褌械褔泻芯, 褕褍泻邪褞褔懈 写械 蟹褍锌懈薪懈褌懈褋褟 薪邪 薪褨褔 锌芯斜邪褔懈胁 锌邪薪褋褨芯薪邪褌: 蟹械谢械薪褨 芯泻褋邪屑懈褌芯胁褨 褕褌芯褉懈, 薪邪 褩褏 褌谢褨 褔褍写芯胁褨 谐褉懈蟹邪薪褌械屑懈, 褟褋泻褉邪胁懈泄 胁芯谐芯薪褜 褍 泻邪屑褨薪褨, 薪邪 泻懈谢懈屑褨 蟹谐芯褉薪褍胁褕懈褋褜 泻谢褍斜芯褔泻芯屑 褋锌懈褌褜 褌邪泻褋邪... 袨褋褜 褌褨谢褜泻懈 胁谢邪褋薪懈褑褟 锌邪薪褋褨芯薪邪褌褍, 写芯胁芯谢褨 写懈胁薪邪 锌邪薪褨...
袪芯邪谢褜写 袛邪谢 屑械薪械 薪械 褉芯蟹褔邪褉褍胁邪谢, 褨褉芯薪褨褟, 褔芯褉薪懈泄 谐褍屑芯褉 褨 薪械褋锌芯写褨胁邪薪褨, 褨薪泻芯谢懈 写懈胁薪褨 褎褨薪邪谢懈 胁 泻芯卸薪褨泄 褨褋褌芯褉褨褩!
袙褨写褨褉胁邪褌懈褋褟 胁邪卸泻芯, 褋褌芯褉褨薪泻懈 锌械褉械谐芯褉褌邪褞褌褜褋褟, 斜褉芯胁懈 锌褨写薪褨屑邪褞褌褜褋褟 胁谐芯褉褍, 薪邪 胁褍褋褌邪褏 薪械褋屑褨谢懈胁邪 褍褋屑褨褕泻邪, 芯褏 褨 锌芯薪邪锌懈褋褍胁邪谢 锌邪薪 袛邪谢!)
May 9, 2015
If you like stories which blend plot, humorous writing and a vein of darkness, this is the collection for you.
I may be one of the few people on the planet who picked up Roald Dahl's adult stories as a kid, before I had read any of his children's books. In hindsight, ten is maybe a bit too young to fully enjoy some of the stories. I remember finishing 'Pig' and having to really, really wonder if I had gotten the ending right, because surely the world wasn't that cruel?
Yes, yes, it is. Roald Dahl's world, anyway. And it is magnificent.
Roald Dahl's fascination with the twisted and the grotesque can definitely be seen in his works for children, and in his adult fiction is laid bare in glorious form, with one added element necessarily absent from his children's fiction- some of his adult stories are what might be described as 'fruity'. Not out of character for the author, I've come to understand, and you'll see it in stories like 'Switch Bitch' and any of his stories involving Uncle Oswald, a blatant Author Avatar (thank you TV Tropes).
I only rate a book five stars if I find I can read it again and again. You can definitely come back to these stories and find that knowing what happens doesn't take away from the entertainment value. Money well spent, childhood innocence well ruined.
I may be one of the few people on the planet who picked up Roald Dahl's adult stories as a kid, before I had read any of his children's books. In hindsight, ten is maybe a bit too young to fully enjoy some of the stories. I remember finishing 'Pig' and having to really, really wonder if I had gotten the ending right, because surely the world wasn't that cruel?
Yes, yes, it is. Roald Dahl's world, anyway. And it is magnificent.
Roald Dahl's fascination with the twisted and the grotesque can definitely be seen in his works for children, and in his adult fiction is laid bare in glorious form, with one added element necessarily absent from his children's fiction- some of his adult stories are what might be described as 'fruity'. Not out of character for the author, I've come to understand, and you'll see it in stories like 'Switch Bitch' and any of his stories involving Uncle Oswald, a blatant Author Avatar (thank you TV Tropes).
I only rate a book five stars if I find I can read it again and again. You can definitely come back to these stories and find that knowing what happens doesn't take away from the entertainment value. Money well spent, childhood innocence well ruined.
October 27, 2021
I'm taking time out from normal reading at the moment to catch up on those Agatha Christies and other classics sitting on my TBR pile. The short story collection from Roald Dahl is just one volume that I have been wanting to read for a while. I've seen many on the TV as part of the 'Tales of the Unexpected' programme but haven't read many.
Ooh they are so much darker in the books! RD is one sick, twisted but equally brilliant writer and his skill in the short story is just amazing. He writes detail, atmosphere and a whole history in just a few words and it's a joy to read.
Lamb to the Slaughter is still a favourite and The Landlady one of the most disturbing tales I have ever read. There's just SO many good and twisty moments in these stories but they are very dark and disturbing. When you think this is the man who wrote all those children's books! Having said that there's some dark moments in them when you think about it.
For fans of the TV series, you really have to read the stories here. He includes stories of his time in the army and life in the countryside too. These are good but it's those dark tales I love.
May 5, 2020
鈥� 胁褨写 褌胁芯褉褑褟 芦袦邪褌懈谢褜写懈禄 褌邪 芦效邪褉谢褨 褨 褕芯泻芯谢邪写薪芯褩 褎邪斜褉懈泻懈禄
鈥� 写谢褟 写芯褉芯褋谢懈褏 蟹邪谢懈褕邪褦褌褜褋褟 褔芯褉薪懈泄 谐褍屑芯褉 褨 薪邪褌褍褉邪谢褨褋褌懈褔薪褨褋褌褜, 锌褉芯褋褌芯 斜褨谢褜褕械 褌械屑
鈥� 褍 邪胁褌芯褉邪 褋锌械褑懈褎褨褔薪械 胁褨写褔褍褌褌褟 褋锌褉邪胁械写谢懈胁芯褋褌褨 (蟹邪蟹胁懈褔邪泄 薪械谐褨写薪懈泻 锌芯屑懈褉邪褦 胁 屑褍泻邪褏)
鈥� 褋锌械褉褕褍 胁懈 芯斜褍褉褞褦褌械褋褟 褔械褉械蟹 屑褍写邪泻褨胁, 蟹谐芯写芯屑 蟹胁懈泻邪褦褌械 鈥� 褨 锌械褉械卸懈胁邪褦褌械 蟹邪 薪懈褏
鈥� 写谢褟 写芯褉芯褋谢懈褏 蟹邪谢懈褕邪褦褌褜褋褟 褔芯褉薪懈泄 谐褍屑芯褉 褨 薪邪褌褍褉邪谢褨褋褌懈褔薪褨褋褌褜, 锌褉芯褋褌芯 斜褨谢褜褕械 褌械屑
鈥� 褍 邪胁褌芯褉邪 褋锌械褑懈褎褨褔薪械 胁褨写褔褍褌褌褟 褋锌褉邪胁械写谢懈胁芯褋褌褨 (蟹邪蟹胁懈褔邪泄 薪械谐褨写薪懈泻 锌芯屑懈褉邪褦 胁 屑褍泻邪褏)
鈥� 褋锌械褉褕褍 胁懈 芯斜褍褉褞褦褌械褋褟 褔械褉械蟹 屑褍写邪泻褨胁, 蟹谐芯写芯屑 蟹胁懈泻邪褦褌械 鈥� 褨 锌械褉械卸懈胁邪褦褌械 蟹邪 薪懈褏
September 7, 2020
Se llama Cuentos Completos as铆 que est谩 claro que vas a encontrar en 茅l, todos los cuentos escritos por el autor ingl茅s desde que comenz贸 con "Pan Comido". Para que nadie se lleve a enga帽o, aqu铆 no hay nada "infantil" ni "juvenil", no hay rastro de Charlie, ni del Superzorro, ni de Matilda, ni de Jack. Todo son cuentos para adultos, y casi todos tratan sobre los mismos temas: las apuestas, el sexo y la avaricia. Hay algunos otros, como los primeros que escribi贸 que tratan sobre la guerra, otros que tienen como tema central la avaricia y el enga帽o al d茅bil y varios sobre las abejas y su mundo.
No voy a descubrir ahora que Dahl es un grand铆simo escritor pero quiz谩s s铆 os descubra que algunos de sus cuentos son aburridos y muchos se parecen. Ahora mismo, podria recordar con nitidez diez o quiz谩s quince de los m谩s de cuarenta que recoge el volumen, los dem谩s est谩n perdidos en una mara帽a de apuestas, timadores en busca de beneficio, objetos antiguos, botellas de vinos y bellas mujeres en peligro por el impulso sexual irrefrenable de hombres incapaces de contenerse. Entre todos ellos, me gustar铆a destacar el cuento m谩s autobiogr谩fico que aparece al final del libro, cuando est谩s a punto de hacer cumbre a sus mil p谩ginas y ya no puedes m谩s. En ese cuento, Dahl explica como lleg贸 a ser escritor, como descubri贸 su amor por la literatura y c贸mo los azares de la vida y un anfitri贸n mal conversador le hicieron sentarse a escribir y descubrir que pod铆a hacerlo y lo hac铆a bien. Es una delicia de historia.
A Dahl hay que leerlo pero quiz谩s os recomendar铆a hacerlo por etapas, como el Camino de Santiago, y no como un marathon como lo he hecho yo, aunque ha merecido la pena. He aprendido que no debes casarte jam谩s con un apicultor, no debes hacer el amor con alguien a quien no le ves la cara y que si drogas a un fais谩n para cazarlo, hay que asegurarse de matarlo antes de que se le pase el efecto.
No voy a descubrir ahora que Dahl es un grand铆simo escritor pero quiz谩s s铆 os descubra que algunos de sus cuentos son aburridos y muchos se parecen. Ahora mismo, podria recordar con nitidez diez o quiz谩s quince de los m谩s de cuarenta que recoge el volumen, los dem谩s est谩n perdidos en una mara帽a de apuestas, timadores en busca de beneficio, objetos antiguos, botellas de vinos y bellas mujeres en peligro por el impulso sexual irrefrenable de hombres incapaces de contenerse. Entre todos ellos, me gustar铆a destacar el cuento m谩s autobiogr谩fico que aparece al final del libro, cuando est谩s a punto de hacer cumbre a sus mil p谩ginas y ya no puedes m谩s. En ese cuento, Dahl explica como lleg贸 a ser escritor, como descubri贸 su amor por la literatura y c贸mo los azares de la vida y un anfitri贸n mal conversador le hicieron sentarse a escribir y descubrir que pod铆a hacerlo y lo hac铆a bien. Es una delicia de historia.
A Dahl hay que leerlo pero quiz谩s os recomendar铆a hacerlo por etapas, como el Camino de Santiago, y no como un marathon como lo he hecho yo, aunque ha merecido la pena. He aprendido que no debes casarte jam谩s con un apicultor, no debes hacer el amor con alguien a quien no le ves la cara y que si drogas a un fais谩n para cazarlo, hay que asegurarse de matarlo antes de que se le pase el efecto.
October 4, 2016
An African Story :(
Only This :)
Katina :/
Beware of the Dog :)
They Shall Not Grow Old :(
Someone Like You :(
Death of an Old Man :/
Madame Rosette :)
A Piece of Cake :(
Yesterday Was Beautiful :(
Nunc Dimittis :)
Skin :)
Man from the South :)
The Soldier :(
The Sound Machine :/
Mr. Botibol :)
Vengeance is Mine Inc. :)
The Wish :)
Poison :)
Taste :)
Dip in the Pool :/
The Great Automatic Grammatizator :)
Claud's Dog: The Ratcatcher :(
Claud's Dog: Rummins :(
Claud's Dog: Mr. Hoddy :(
Claud's Dog: Mr. Feasey :(
My Lady Love, My Dove :/
Neck :/
Lamb to the Slaughter :)
Galloping Foxley :(
Edward the Conquerer :/
The Way Up to Heaven :/
William and Mary :(
Parson's Pleasure :)
Georgy Porgy :/
Mrs. Bixby and the Colonel's Coat :/
Royal Jelly :)
The Champion of the World :(
Genesis and Catastrophe :/
Pig :(
The Landlady :)
The Visitor :/
The Last Act :/
The Great Switcheroo :/
The Butler :)
Bitch :(
Ah, Sweet Mystery of Life :(
The Hitchhiker :/
The Umbrella Man :/
The Bookseller :/
The Surgeon :(
Only This :)
Katina :/
Beware of the Dog :)
They Shall Not Grow Old :(
Someone Like You :(
Death of an Old Man :/
Madame Rosette :)
A Piece of Cake :(
Yesterday Was Beautiful :(
Nunc Dimittis :)
Skin :)
Man from the South :)
The Soldier :(
The Sound Machine :/
Mr. Botibol :)
Vengeance is Mine Inc. :)
The Wish :)
Poison :)
Taste :)
Dip in the Pool :/
The Great Automatic Grammatizator :)
Claud's Dog: The Ratcatcher :(
Claud's Dog: Rummins :(
Claud's Dog: Mr. Hoddy :(
Claud's Dog: Mr. Feasey :(
My Lady Love, My Dove :/
Neck :/
Lamb to the Slaughter :)
Galloping Foxley :(
Edward the Conquerer :/
The Way Up to Heaven :/
William and Mary :(
Parson's Pleasure :)
Georgy Porgy :/
Mrs. Bixby and the Colonel's Coat :/
Royal Jelly :)
The Champion of the World :(
Genesis and Catastrophe :/
Pig :(
The Landlady :)
The Visitor :/
The Last Act :/
The Great Switcheroo :/
The Butler :)
Bitch :(
Ah, Sweet Mystery of Life :(
The Hitchhiker :/
The Umbrella Man :/
The Bookseller :/
The Surgeon :(
May 18, 2018
I plan to re-read this inspirational collection of short stories soon as I've ascertained how much my own works have been influenced by the phenomenal Roald Dahl. When I read this about two years ago, I could not fathom Dahl's intent for making a number of his characters mean. But now I've understood why. He did what I am doing now: showing the world how grown-ups can be mean to children and to other grown-ups 鈥� how most individuals tend to abuse their power by disempowering others to meet their own need to feel secure, at times without even being conscious of it. I've ascertained that Dahl was in a sense a children's rights activist after listening to the BBC's dramatisation of Boy and he has inspired me to follow his footsteps by becoming a great writer and advocate of children's empowerment.
March 15, 2008
There are a few weak stories in here -- The Last Act and The Surgeon: oy -- but for the most part this collection is definitely one to pick up if you're a Dahl fan. A lot of the classics are in here, like Lamb to the Slaughter and Man from the South, but so are a lot you've probably never read. The stories are in chronological order, complete with parallel a time line showing what was going on in Dahl's life and in the rest of the world when each story was published, which alone is worth the price of admission. Very good, too, is the introduction by Dahl's biographer Jeremy Treglown.
May 3, 2018
Umor nero
Il libro raccoglie tutti i racconti scritti da Roald Dahl, un uomo la cui vita 猫 stata notevole anche indipendentemente dall鈥檃ttivit脿 letteraria. Lo stile 猫 molto piacevole, Dahl 猫 profondamente British, l鈥檜morismo 猫 qualche volta agghiacciante, alla Monty Python. Molti racconti sono costruiti in modo da riservare un disastroso colpo di scena finale e in questo risultano un po鈥� ripetitivi, perch茅 poi ci si aspetta che finiscano nel modo pi霉 catastrofico che si possa immaginare. Le ambientazioni sono abbastanza varie, metropolitane oppure rurali, ma la campagna 猫 preferita. Alcuni divertenti racconti sono dedicati a Claud che gestisce con un amico una pompa di benzina in un paesino di campagna: i due un po鈥� per noia un po鈥� per arrotondare le entrate si dedicano ad attivit脿 illegali come il bracconaggio o le corse dei cani truccate ma non riscuotono successo e nella loro goffaggine fanno tenerezza. Un piccolo numero di racconti 猫 sobrio senza toni farseschi. C鈥櫭� poi una raccolta, 鈥淥ver to you鈥�, ispirata all鈥檈sperienza di aviatore di Dahl durante la seconda guerra mondiale. Questi sono molto belli e suonano anche molto veri. In particolare raccontano lo stress accumulato negli anni di voli dai quali non era sopravvissuto quasi nessuno dei compagni della prima ora, un logoramento interiore che si acuiva durante i turni di riposo e paradossalmente lasciava posto alla quiete solo quando risaliva sull鈥檃ereo, per la prossima battaglia aerea. Non c鈥櫭� il compiacimento di essere un ottimo pilota, c鈥櫭� un grande desiderio di pace eterna, quella che ti porta a lasciarti andare e avvitarti nel cielo senza dover pi霉 combattere per la Gran Bretagna e la sopravvivenza. E鈥� una lettura che sono felice di aver fatto, anche se non amo leggere libri di 800 pagine.
Il libro raccoglie tutti i racconti scritti da Roald Dahl, un uomo la cui vita 猫 stata notevole anche indipendentemente dall鈥檃ttivit脿 letteraria. Lo stile 猫 molto piacevole, Dahl 猫 profondamente British, l鈥檜morismo 猫 qualche volta agghiacciante, alla Monty Python. Molti racconti sono costruiti in modo da riservare un disastroso colpo di scena finale e in questo risultano un po鈥� ripetitivi, perch茅 poi ci si aspetta che finiscano nel modo pi霉 catastrofico che si possa immaginare. Le ambientazioni sono abbastanza varie, metropolitane oppure rurali, ma la campagna 猫 preferita. Alcuni divertenti racconti sono dedicati a Claud che gestisce con un amico una pompa di benzina in un paesino di campagna: i due un po鈥� per noia un po鈥� per arrotondare le entrate si dedicano ad attivit脿 illegali come il bracconaggio o le corse dei cani truccate ma non riscuotono successo e nella loro goffaggine fanno tenerezza. Un piccolo numero di racconti 猫 sobrio senza toni farseschi. C鈥櫭� poi una raccolta, 鈥淥ver to you鈥�, ispirata all鈥檈sperienza di aviatore di Dahl durante la seconda guerra mondiale. Questi sono molto belli e suonano anche molto veri. In particolare raccontano lo stress accumulato negli anni di voli dai quali non era sopravvissuto quasi nessuno dei compagni della prima ora, un logoramento interiore che si acuiva durante i turni di riposo e paradossalmente lasciava posto alla quiete solo quando risaliva sull鈥檃ereo, per la prossima battaglia aerea. Non c鈥櫭� il compiacimento di essere un ottimo pilota, c鈥櫭� un grande desiderio di pace eterna, quella che ti porta a lasciarti andare e avvitarti nel cielo senza dover pi霉 combattere per la Gran Bretagna e la sopravvivenza. E鈥� una lettura che sono felice di aver fatto, anche se non amo leggere libri di 800 pagine.
February 26, 2023
袚邪褉薪邪 蟹斜褨褉泻邪 芯锌芯胁褨写邪薪褜 写谢褟 写芯褉芯褋谢懈褏 胁褋械褋胁褨褌薪褜芯 胁褨写芯屑芯谐芯 写懈褌褟褔芯谐芯 邪胁褌芯褉邪 (写谢褟 褋械斜械 胁褨写泻褉懈谢邪 邪胁褌芯褉邪 谢懈褕械 褑褜芯谐芯 屑褨褋褟褑褟).
袨锌芯胁褨写邪薪薪褟 写懈薪邪屑褨褔薪褨, 褟褋泻褉邪胁褨, 蟹 薪邪褋懈褔械薪懈屑 褋褞卸械褌芯屑. 袛械褟泻褨 谐谢褍蟹谢懈胁褨, 写械褟泻褨 泻褉懈胁邪胁褨, 邪 写械褟泻褨 蟹邪谢懈褕邪褞褌褜 胁褨写褉邪蟹谢懈胁懈泄 锌褨褋谢褟褋屑邪泻.
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袦械薪褨 蟹薪邪写芯斜懈谢芯褋褜 斜褨谢褟 7 锌褨写褏芯写褨胁, 褖芯斜 锌褉芯褔懈褌邪褌懈 泻薪懈卸泻褍. 袨褋泻褨谢褜泻懈 薪械屑邪褦 芦胁褋褌褍锌薪懈褏 写械褌邪谢械泄禄 褉芯蟹锌芯胁褨写褜 薪邪褋懈褔械薪邪 薪芯胁懈屑懈 谐械褉芯褟屑懈 褨 写褨褟屑懈; 锌芯 蟹邪泻褨薪褔械薪薪褞 褏芯褔械褌褜褋褟 锌芯褋屑邪泻褍胁邪褌懈 褨 芯斜屑褨褉泻褍胁邪褌懈 褨褋褌芯褉褨褨.
袦褨泄 褌芯锌:
鈥⑿溞靶葱靶� 袪芯蟹械褌褌邪
鈥⑿⊙傂靶残盒� 薪邪 褋褌褉懈斜芯泻
鈥⑿ㄐ貉栄赌邪
鈥⑿ㄐ谎徰� 褍 薪械斜械褋邪
鈥⑿溠栄佈栄� 袘褨泻褋斜褨 褨 褕褍斜泻邪 胁褨写 锌芯谢泻芯胁薪懈泻邪
鈥⑿熜把佈傂狙€芯胁邪 胁褌褨褏邪
鈥⑿熜靶谎屟喰夹敌寡佈傃赌
鈥⑿熝€懈谐芯写邪 胁 褋懈薪邪泄褋褜泻褨泄 锌褍褋褌械谢褨
袨锌芯胁褨写邪薪薪褟 写懈薪邪屑褨褔薪褨, 褟褋泻褉邪胁褨, 蟹 薪邪褋懈褔械薪懈屑 褋褞卸械褌芯屑. 袛械褟泻褨 谐谢褍蟹谢懈胁褨, 写械褟泻褨 泻褉懈胁邪胁褨, 邪 写械褟泻褨 蟹邪谢懈褕邪褞褌褜 胁褨写褉邪蟹谢懈胁懈泄 锌褨褋谢褟褋屑邪泻.
袩褉芯褌械 胁褋褨 胁芯薪懈 褋邪褉泻邪褋褌懈褔薪褨, 锌褉芯薪懈蟹邪薪褨 褔芯褉薪懈屑 谐褍屑芯褉芯屑 褨蟹 薪械锌械褉械褋褨褔薪芯褞 褉芯蟹胁鈥櫻徯沸盒狙�.
袦械薪褨 蟹薪邪写芯斜懈谢芯褋褜 斜褨谢褟 7 锌褨写褏芯写褨胁, 褖芯斜 锌褉芯褔懈褌邪褌懈 泻薪懈卸泻褍. 袨褋泻褨谢褜泻懈 薪械屑邪褦 芦胁褋褌褍锌薪懈褏 写械褌邪谢械泄禄 褉芯蟹锌芯胁褨写褜 薪邪褋懈褔械薪邪 薪芯胁懈屑懈 谐械褉芯褟屑懈 褨 写褨褟屑懈; 锌芯 蟹邪泻褨薪褔械薪薪褞 褏芯褔械褌褜褋褟 锌芯褋屑邪泻褍胁邪褌懈 褨 芯斜屑褨褉泻褍胁邪褌懈 褨褋褌芯褉褨褨.
袦褨泄 褌芯锌:
鈥⑿溞靶葱靶� 袪芯蟹械褌褌邪
鈥⑿⊙傂靶残盒� 薪邪 褋褌褉懈斜芯泻
鈥⑿ㄐ貉栄赌邪
鈥⑿ㄐ谎徰� 褍 薪械斜械褋邪
鈥⑿溠栄佈栄� 袘褨泻褋斜褨 褨 褕褍斜泻邪 胁褨写 锌芯谢泻芯胁薪懈泻邪
鈥⑿熜把佈傂狙€芯胁邪 胁褌褨褏邪
鈥⑿熜靶谎屟喰夹敌寡佈傃赌
鈥⑿熝€懈谐芯写邪 胁 褋懈薪邪泄褋褜泻褨泄 锌褍褋褌械谢褨
December 6, 2017
Una antolog铆a que compila puros cuentos buen铆simos de Dahl. Imposible equivocarse o fallar con esta suma de cuentos cl谩sicos de humor negro, suspenso y mucha corrosi贸n ante las normas establecidas. Esta antolog铆a incluye los siguientes libros de Dahl: El gran cambiazo,听Historias extraordinarias,听Relatos de lo inesperado y听Dos f谩bulas.听Divertido y macabro y cuentos inolvidables (a煤n sigo sufriendo con el cuento sobre el mueble Chippendale: Placer de Cl茅rigo).
December 22, 2018
Racconti per tutti i gusti, fantasiosi e ironici, un approccio a Dahl di cui non avevo letto nulla prima.
Il mio kobo dice che ho letto l'86% di questa raccolta e dopo sei mesi dico che la mia esperienza con i racconti finisce qui, non fanno per me.
Il mio kobo dice che ho letto l'86% di questa raccolta e dopo sei mesi dico che la mia esperienza con i racconti finisce qui, non fanno per me.
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October 26, 2023Contains the stories:
An African Story
Only This
Katina
Beware of the Dog
They Shall Not Grow Old
Someone Like You
Death of an Old Old Man
Madame Rosette
A Piece of Cake
Yesterday Was Beautiful
Nunc Dimittis
Skin
Man from the South
The Soldier
The Sound Machine
Mr Botibol
Vengeance Is Mine Inc.
The Wish
Poison
Taste
Dip in the Pond
The Great Automatic Grammatizator
Claud鈥檚 Dog:
鈥擳he Ratcatcher
鈥搁耻尘尘颈苍蝉
鈥擬r Hoddy
鈥擬r Feasey
My Lady Love, My Dove
Neck
Lamb to Slaughter
Gallopin Foxley
Edward the Conqueror
The Way Up to Heaven
William and Mary
Parson鈥檚 Pleasure
Georgy Porgy
Mrs Bixby and the Colonel鈥檚 Coat
Royal Jelly
The Champion of the World
Genesis and Catastrophe
Pig
The Landlady
The Visitor
The Last Act
The Great Switcheroo
The Butler
Bitch
Ah, Sweet Mystery of Life
The Hitchhiker
The Umbrella Man
The Bookseller
The Surgeon
An African Story
Only This
Katina
Beware of the Dog
They Shall Not Grow Old
Someone Like You
Death of an Old Old Man
Madame Rosette
A Piece of Cake
Yesterday Was Beautiful
Nunc Dimittis
Skin
Man from the South
The Soldier
The Sound Machine
Mr Botibol
Vengeance Is Mine Inc.
The Wish
Poison
Taste
Dip in the Pond
The Great Automatic Grammatizator
Claud鈥檚 Dog:
鈥擳he Ratcatcher
鈥搁耻尘尘颈苍蝉
鈥擬r Hoddy
鈥擬r Feasey
My Lady Love, My Dove
Neck
Lamb to Slaughter
Gallopin Foxley
Edward the Conqueror
The Way Up to Heaven
William and Mary
Parson鈥檚 Pleasure
Georgy Porgy
Mrs Bixby and the Colonel鈥檚 Coat
Royal Jelly
The Champion of the World
Genesis and Catastrophe
Pig
The Landlady
The Visitor
The Last Act
The Great Switcheroo
The Butler
Bitch
Ah, Sweet Mystery of Life
The Hitchhiker
The Umbrella Man
The Bookseller
The Surgeon
July 26, 2017
Lebih suka cerpen2 dia berbanding novel dia. Penulisan cerpen aku pun banyak berbau Encik Dahl ni. huhu.
May 7, 2023
效褍写芯胁邪 蟹斜褨褉泻邪 褔褍写芯胁懈褏 芯锌芯胁褨写邪薪褜. 袙蟹邪谐邪谢褨 薪械 蟹薪邪胁, 褖芯 袪芯邪谢褜写 袛邪谢 锌懈褋邪胁 褖芯褋褜 泻褉褨屑 写懈褌褟褔懈褏 褌胁芯褉褨胁, 邪 褌械锌械褉 写褨蟹薪邪胁褋褟, 褖芯 胁褨薪 褖械 褨 褋褑械薪邪褉褨泄 薪邪锌懈褋邪胁 写芯 芯写薪芯谐芯 蟹 褎褨谢褜屑褨胁 芦斜芯薪写褨邪薪懈禄. 袗 褖械 写褨蟹薪邪胁褋褟 褖芯 胁褨薪 斜褍胁 胁械褌械褉邪薪芯屑 袛褉褍谐芯褨 褋胁褨褌芯胁芯褩 褨 谢褞褌懈屑 邪薪褌懈褋械屑褨褌芯屑.
袉蟹 褨薪褕懈褏 胁褨写泻褉懈褌褌褨胁 - 褋褑械薪褍 褨蟹 褎褨谢褜屑褍 芦效芯褌懈褉懈 泻褨屑薪邪褌懈禄 写械 褔褍胁邪泻懈 褋锌械褉械褔邪褞褌褜褋褟 褔懈 蟹邪谐芯褉懈褌褜褋褟 蟹邪锌邪谢褜薪懈褔泻邪 10 褉邪蟹褨胁 锌褨写褉褟写 褌械卸 胁懈写褍屑邪胁 袛邪谢.
笑褨谢泻芯屑 褋屑褨谢懈胁芯 屑芯卸褍 锌芯褉邪写懈褌懈 褑褞 泻薪懈谐褍 谢褞斜懈褌械谢褟屑 泻芯褉芯褌泻芯褩 褎芯褉屑懈.
袉蟹 褨薪褕懈褏 胁褨写泻褉懈褌褌褨胁 - 褋褑械薪褍 褨蟹 褎褨谢褜屑褍 芦效芯褌懈褉懈 泻褨屑薪邪褌懈禄 写械 褔褍胁邪泻懈 褋锌械褉械褔邪褞褌褜褋褟 褔懈 蟹邪谐芯褉懈褌褜褋褟 蟹邪锌邪谢褜薪懈褔泻邪 10 褉邪蟹褨胁 锌褨写褉褟写 褌械卸 胁懈写褍屑邪胁 袛邪谢.
笑褨谢泻芯屑 褋屑褨谢懈胁芯 屑芯卸褍 锌芯褉邪写懈褌懈 褑褞 泻薪懈谐褍 谢褞斜懈褌械谢褟屑 泻芯褉芯褌泻芯褩 褎芯褉屑懈.
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