The Best of Roald Dahl
Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780718122508 (071812250X)
Publish date: 1983
Publisher: Michael Joseph Ltd.
Pages no: 401
Edition language: English
Category:
Fantasy,
Childrens,
Classics,
Humor,
Literature,
European Literature,
British Literature,
Anthologies,
Collections,
Horror,
Short Stories
Dahl's stories were ultimately too rough for me. His writing is so visceral and entrancing, which makes the grotesque and horrible aspects of his stories that much more hard to take. I am a sensitive flower and I couldn't take it! But if a powerful mixture of dark comedy and flat out horror is what ...
Like most people these days, I had no idea that Roald Dahl wrote stories along the lines of these. They were in turns hilarious, upsetting, painful and thought-provoking, but always clever. He's best compared with his contemporary Shirley Jackson in the manner that his stories mostly deal with ordin...
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