Klappentext: The Complete Short Stories of Roald Dahl in the second of two unsettling and sinister volumes. 'Dahl finds the child in the adult and the adult in the child and, with a little smile, he sticks the knife in both' Anthony Horowitz, from his introduction Roald Dahl is one of the world's most popular writers, equally at home writing for both children and adults. In this, the second of two volumes chronologically collecting all his published adult short stories, we experience Dahl's dark and powerful imagination in full flight in 28 stories written between 1954 and 1988 (including eight tales which are not available in any other printed edition). Here, in 'Parson's Pleasure', a piece of furniture is the subject of a deceitful bargain; in 'William and Mary', a wife revenges herself on her dead husband; and in 'Royal Jelly' some new parents find an unusual and unsettling way to give their newborn its start in life. Whether you're young or old, once you've stepped into the brilliant, troubling world of Roald Dahl, you'll never be the same again. Look out for Volume One, introduced by Charlie Higson. Roald Dahl, the brilliant and worldwide acclaimed author of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, James and the Giant Peach, Matilda, and many more classics for children, also wrote scores of short stories for adults. These delightfully disturbing tales have often been filmed and were most recently the inspiration for the West End play, Roald Dahl's Twisted Tales by Jeremy Dyson. Roald Dahl's stories continue to make readers shiver today. Biografie Als Vater von fünf Kindern wusste Roald Dahl sehr genau, was kleine Leser fasziniert - und wurde als Kinderbuchautor weltbekannt. Er baute seine Kindheit in die Geschichten ein, ersann skurrile Dinge wie fliegende Pfirsiche. In äCharlie und die Schokoladenfabrikô erinnert er sich an Cadburys, in der Nähe seiner Schule gelegen. Mit der Figur der Großmutter in äHexen hexenô setzte er seiner aus Norwegen stammenden Mutter und ihren Trollgeschichten ein Denkmal. Der 1916 geborene Dahl schrieb sich schon als Achtjähriger im Tagebuch seinen Schulfrust von der Seele. Im Alter von 23 Jahren flog er als Pilot Kriegseinsätze und wurde über der Libyschen Wüste abgeschossen. Mit einem Bericht über diesen Absturz begann seine Schriftstellerkarriere. Roald Dahl starb 1990 an Leukämie.

¬The¬ Way upt to Heaven; Parson's Pleasure; The Champion of the World; The Landlady; Genesis and Catastrophe; Mrs. Bixby and the Colonel's Coat; Pig; Royal Jelly; William and Mary; Georgy Porgy; The Visitor; The Last Act; The Great Switcheroo

¬The¬ Butler; Bitch; Ah, Sweet Mystery of Life; The Hitch-hiker; The Swan; The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar; The Boy who Talked with Animals; Lucky Break: How I became a Writer; The Umbrella Man; Vengeance is Mine Inc. Mr. Botibol

¬The¬ Princess and the Poacher; Princess Mammalia; The Bookseller; The Surgeon.

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Personen: Dahl, Roald

Standort: Zell am See

Schlagwörter: Horror Englisch Kurzgeschichte

Interessenkreis: S Horror-, Gespenstergeschichten, Schwarzer Humor E Abenteuer-, Spannungs-, Actionromane