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Loading... The Complete Sakiby H. H. Munro
Some seriously wonderful short stories, snappily satirical and great fun (at least some of them) to read out loud). Great for dipping in and out of. I probably tried to read too much too fast, though; by the time I got to the novels I didn't really want any more at the moment, and will come back for those sometime later. ( )If you haven't read Saki, you should do so immediately. He is sort of like an evil PG Wodehouse. So far I have read Reginald which is wonderful - review here: http://kaggsysbookishramblings.wordpress.com/2012/09/27/the-complete-saki-regina... Saki (H.H. Munro) wrote genteel - but cutting - English satire in the years before World War I, a war he did not survive. He easily stands comparison with his peer in the next generation, P.G. Wodehouse. This is a compendium of his entire works (though there is a biography in circulation which claims to have four previously uncollected stories). Perhaps he is best known for the short story 'Sredni Vashtar', all about a boy and his ferret, which turns from an Edwardian parlour piece into horror without batting an eyelid. This is one of Saki's trademarks; the unexpected turn occurs in many of his stories, making them all the more delicious. I have other favourites; perhaps my top one is 'Filboid Studge'; a struggling breakfast-food entrepreneur engages an equally struggling artist who wants to marry his daughter to promote his disgusting cereal, and he makes such a good job that a) the cereal becomes a best-seller, and b) his daughter is now too good for the artist. The cereal is described with relish, as it were: "In small kitchens, solemn pig-tailed daughters helped depressed mothers perform the primitive ritual of its preparation." God, it sounds awful! The collectiion includes three plays and three novels, including his future-war contribution, "When William came", all about London under the occupation of the Kaiser's army. Book Description: New York: Doubleday Books, 1976. eng. 944 p. Very good in good dust jacket. Very Good/Good . no reviews | add a review
Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0141180781, Paperback)"This edition first published by Doubleday & Company Inc., 1976"--T.p. verso.(retrieved from Amazon Sat, 05 Jan 2013 08:55:22 -0500) No library descriptions found. |
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