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Laddar... Completely Unexpected Tales (1991)av Roald Dahl
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Gå med i LibraryThing för att få reda på om du skulle tycka om den här boken. Det finns inga diskussioner på LibraryThing om den här boken. The first set of tales is masterful, well told, full of detail and with a (large) touch of sadism and some humour. The second collection is less surprising but still a joy to read. ( ) Roald Dahl (1916-1990) geniet wereldfaam als grootmeester van het korte verhaal. In een net van bizarre vondsten en altijd tot de verbeelding sprekende personages houdt hij de aandacht gevangen. Pas in de laatste alinea's laat hij die los via een soms macabere, maar altijd verrassende clou, die de lezer sprakeloos achterlaat. Voor het eerst zijn in deze uitgave alle verhalen van Roald Dahl bijeengebracht, ook de sprookjes, de fabels en ’ontzettende verhalen’, die voorheen verspreid waren uitgegeven. Als geen ander weet Dahl zijn lezer te hypnotiseren, zodat deze de meest fantastische situaties als werkelijkheid accepteert. Zijn scheppingen amuseren - vaak als sick-joke, waarbij de rillingen je over de rug lopen. Bijenhouders, predikanten, hospita's, stropers en tot wanhoop gedreven vrouwen van middelbare leeftijd vallen aan zijn pen ten prooi en vertonen een haast griezelige gelijkenis met mensen die wij kennen - en helaas maar al te vaak met onszelf. Roald Dahl's 'Tales of the Unexpected' and 'More Tales of the Unexpected' are packaged together in this volume. It consists of 25 short stories (16 in 'Tales' and 9 in 'More Tales'), which are humorous, dark, sinister, macabre and delightful - sometimes all at once. Dahl clearly had a very vivid imagination, and some of the stories are really incredibly clever. My personal favourite is Lamb to the Slaughter, which I feel duty bound not to spoil for anyone who has not read it yet! Suffice to say that I first read this story perhaps twenty years ago, and have never forgotten it. Reading it again - even when I knew the ending - was a pleasure. Others which I particularly enjoyed were Skin, Nunc Dimittis, Parson's Pleasure, William and Mary, The Sound Machine and Genesis and Catastrophe. Most of the stories contain an unexpected and in some cases absurd twist, but Genesis and Catastrophe in particular made me think twice. (Again, I feel that to give away any spoilers would be unfair to anyone who may read it in future.) As with all short story collections, some did not work quite as well. However, there were no stories in this collection which left me disappointed. Definitely recommended. inga recensioner | lägg till en recension
InnehållerThe Landlady [short story] av Roald Dahl (indirekt) William and Mary [novelette] av Roald Dahl (indirekt) The Way Up to Heaven [short story] av Roald Dahl (indirekt) Parson's Pleasure [short story] av Roald Dahl (indirekt) Mrs. Bixby and the Colonel's Coat [short story] av Roald Dahl (indirekt) Royal Jelly [short story] av Roald Dahl (indirekt) Georgy Porgy [short story] av Roald Dahl (indirekt) Genesis and Catastrophe av Roald Dahl (indirekt) Edward the Conqueror [short story] av Roald Dahl (indirekt) Pig [short story] av Roald Dahl (indirekt) L'ospite (in Tutti i racconti) av Roald Dahl (indirekt) The Great Switcheroo av Roald Dahl (indirekt) The Last Act [short story] av Roald Dahl (indirekt) Bitch [short story] av Roald Dahl (indirekt)
Take a pinch of unease. Stir in a dollop of the macabre and the outrageous and mix it with wit, skill and very black humour. What do you have? Roald Dahl at his brilliant, hypnotising best. Here in one volume, Tales of the Unexpectedand More Tales of the Unexpected- a darkly bitter souffle with a sting at the centre. 'Roald Dahl is in the O. Henry mode, firmly buttonholing the reader, not allowing him or her to escape until the often earthy anecdote has been concluded with a resounding full stop.' Financial Times 'The writing is compelling and the twists in the tales are smoothly executed.' Time Out Inga biblioteksbeskrivningar kunde hittas. |
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