Montag, Januar 15, 2018

Kurzgeschichten

Am Samstag habe ich das Buch über 12 Songs des American Songbook ausgelesen. Es hat mir generell schon sehr gut gefallen, aber manchmal war en die Lieder ein wenig zu genau beschrieben. Entstehungsgeschichte und wer das Lied wann und wo und in welcher Tonart aufgenommen hat, war einfach zu ausführlich. Trotzdem war es sehr interessant und ich werde sicher noch weitere Bücher von Will Friedwald lesen.
 
Begonnen habe ich gestern dann mit Kurzgeschichten von Roald Dahl, die mir sehr gut gefallen. Diese Kurzgeschichten sind für Erwachsene, aber ebenso unterhaltsam wie Matilda.
 
Mein neues Buch:


Roald DAHL
The Complete Short Stories
Volume One 1944 - 1953

Description: 'They are brutal, these stories, and yet you finish reading each one with a smile, or maybe even a hollow laugh, certainly a shiver of gratification, because the conclusion always seems so right' Charlie Higson, from his introduction.
 
Roald Dahl is one of the most popular writers of the modern age, effortlessly writing for children and adults alike. In this, the first of two volumes chronologically collecting all his published adult short stories, we see how Dahl began by using his experiences in the war to write fiction but quickly turned to his powerful and dark imagination to pen some of the most unsettling and disquieting tales ever written.
 
In 27 stories, written between 1944 and 1953, we encounter such classic tales as 'Man from the South', featuring a wager with appalling consequences; 'Lamb to the Slaughter', in which a wife murders her husband yet has a novel idea for throwing the police off the scent; and in 'The Sound Machine', the horrific truth about plants is revealed.
 
Enter the sinister, twisted world of Roald Dahl: whether you're young or old, you'll never want to leave.

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