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.
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.
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.
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.
The Fairy Godmother
Title | The Fairy Godmother PDF eBook |
Author | Mercedes Lackey |
Publisher | LUNA |
Pages | 488 |
Release | 2010-07-01 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1426861990 |
From the bestselling author of the Heralds of Valdemar series comes an enchanting novel. In the land of the Five Hundred Kingdoms, if you can't carry out your legendary role, life is no fairy tale.… Elena Klovis was supposed to be her kingdom's Cinderella—until fate left her with a completely inappropriate prince! So she set out to make a new life for herself. But breaking with "The Tradition" was no easy matter—until she got a little help from her own fairy godmother. Who promptly offered Elena a most unexpected job.… Now, instead of sleeping in the chimney, she has to deal with arrogant, stuffed-shirt princes who keep trying to rise above their place in the tale. And there's one in particular who needs to be dealt with…. Sometimes a fairy godmother's work is never done….
It's Kind of a Funny Story
Title | It's Kind of a Funny Story PDF eBook |
Author | Ned Vizzini |
Publisher | Disney Electronic Content |
Pages | 452 |
Release | 2010-09-25 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 1423141083 |
Like many ambitious New York City teenagers, Craig Gilner sees entry into Manhattan's Executive Pre-Professional High School as the ticket to his future. Determined to succeed at life—which means getting into the right high school to get into the right college to get the right job—Craig studies night and day to ace the entrance exam, and does. That's when things start to get crazy. At his new school, Craig realizes that he isn't brilliant compared to the other kids; he's just average, and maybe not even that. He soon sees his once-perfect future crumbling away.