The Complete Short Stories: Volume One

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Jalea real: preocupado por su hija de meses, quien apenas toma la leche del biberón y está adelgazando peligrosamente, un apicultor decide alimentarla con jalea real, sin predecir las consecuencias 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’s interest. But the vast majority are incredibly satisfying to read. 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. Podría hablar de casi todos los cuentos, pero me dedicaré a establecer una línea común entre todos ellos. Si hay algo común en ellos es el factor inesperado. Las historias pueden ser más o menos fantasiosas en sus escenarios, pero en todas ellas existe un elemento inverosímil que se desarrolla con mayor o menor aceptación, si bien puede ser algo mágico 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 aquél lector fanático de las historias cortas, quien seguro encontrará reconfortantes momentos en esta recopilación.

There is just so much variety here. He might discuss bullying, innocence, naiveté, more satires of the rich and fabulous of English and American society, orphan life, pheasant hunting, furniture dealing, being swallowed whole… Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 2022-12-10 14:08:44 Autocrop_version 0.0.14_books-20220331-0.2 Bookplateleaf 0010 Boxid IA40791610 Camera USB PTP Class Camera Collection_set printdisabled External-identifier

Dahl’s adult stories are not as famous as his children’s books. Taken as a whole, The Collected Stories is as impressive as Saki’s Complete Works if you ask me. 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.Roald Dahl was a British novelist, short story writer and screenwriter of Norwegian descent, who rose to prominence in the 1940's with works for both children and adults, and became one of the world's bestselling authors. If you like stories which blend plot, humorous writing and a vein of darkness, this is the collection for you. 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. 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. “Nunc Dimittis” reveals what Dahl can do with the revenge plot. “The Sound Machine” could have been written by H. G. Wells. When Dahl decides to include science, he is on point. “Mr. Botibol” presents a recurring character at his most self-delusional. It is a charming and heartwarming story. One of the most innocent. 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.