Completely Unexpected Tales
Title | Completely Unexpected Tales PDF eBook |
Author | Roald Dahl |
Publisher | Penguin UK |
Pages | 521 |
Release | 1986 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 0140098208 |
Take a pinch of unease. Stir it into a large dollop of the macabre, add a generous helping of dark and stylish wit, garnish with the bizarre and what do you have? Roald Dahl at his brilliant, hypnotizing best, cooking up some of the most unusual stories ever told. Here in one volume are Tales of the Unexpected and More Tales of the Unexpected, making this a superb compendium of vengeance, surprise and dark delight.
Completely Unexpected Tales
Title | Completely Unexpected Tales PDF eBook |
Author | Roald Dahl |
Publisher | Michael Joseph |
Pages | 416 |
Release | 2011-08-01 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9780241955338 |
In a collection of stories that represent Roald Dahl at his best, the author cooks up some of the most unusual stories ever told. He grabs the readers attention, not allowing him or her to escape until the often earthy anecdote has been concluded with a resounding full stop.
Tales of the Completely Unexpected
Title | Tales of the Completely Unexpected PDF eBook |
Author | Keith Plummer |
Publisher | Grosvenor House Publishing |
Pages | 158 |
Release | 2021-11-11 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1839758538 |
A collection of short stories written in the style of Roald Dahl but taken to new extremes.
More Tales of the Unexpected
Title | More Tales of the Unexpected PDF eBook |
Author | Roald Dahl |
Publisher | Penguin UK |
Pages | 169 |
Release | 1980 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 0140056068 |
Dahl is a master at introducing readers to a new sense of what lurks beneath the ordinary.
Tales of the Completely Unexpected
Title | Tales of the Completely Unexpected PDF eBook |
Author | Keith Plummer |
Publisher | Grosvenor House Publishing Limited |
Pages | 216 |
Release | 2021-11-11 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 9781839757846 |
A collection of short stories written in the style of Roald Dahl but taken to new extremes.
The House of Untold Stories
Title | The House of Untold Stories PDF eBook |
Author | Peter Chiykowski |
Publisher | Andrews McMeel Publishing |
Pages | 164 |
Release | 2021-08-31 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1524874000 |
In The House of Untold Stories, every page is a door, and every door leads to a new tale of heartbreak, triumph, horror, or imagination. Wander into an enchanted mansion of pocket universes and miniature tales, where each door leads to a micro-fiction story. With tales about anger thieves, a deadly pizza delivery service, haunted music boxes, and more, each room will take you on an unexpected journey.
The Heartsick Diaspora
Title | The Heartsick Diaspora PDF eBook |
Author | Elaine Chiew |
Publisher | Myriad Editions |
Pages | 260 |
Release | 2020-01-23 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1912408376 |
Set in different cities around the world, Elaine Chiew's award-winning stories travel into the heart of the Singaporean and Malaysian Chinese diasporas to explore the lives of those torn between cultures and juggling divided selves. In the title story, four writers find their cultural bonds of friendship tested when a handsome young Asian writer joins their group. In other stories, a brother searches for his sister forced to serve as a comfort woman during World War Two; three Singaporean sisters run a French gourmet restaurant in New York; a woman raps about being a Tiger Mother in Belgravia; and a filmmaker struggles to document the lives of samsui women—Singapore's thrifty, hardworking construction workers. > Acutely observed, wry and playful, her stories are as worldly and emotionally resonant as the characters themselves. This fabulous debut collection heralds an exciting new literary voice.