Saki

Liburu honetan umorearen eta ironiaren maisu baten ipuin laburrak aurkituko dituzu. Hector Hugh Munro zeukan izena, eta Saki, ezizena. Sakik ipuin asko idatzi zuen eta guztietan umore ingelesaren perla ederrak utzi zituen. Ipuin hauetan Sakik hankaz gora jarri zuen Viktoria erreginaren denborako britainiar gizartea. Tom Sharpe idazleak hauxe idatzi zuen Sakiri buruz: Sakiren ipuin bat irakurtzen hasten zara eta beti amaitzen duzu. Ipuin hori irakurri ondoren, beste bat nahi duzu. Eta guztiak irakurri ondoren, ez dituzu inoiz ahazten. Gure ustez, zuri ere gauza bera gertatuko zaizu. liburuaren barne antolaketa: Kapituluak: Bospasei orrialdeko hamar ipuinek osatzen dute liburua. Ipuin bakoitzaren ostean, bertan agertu den Britainia Handiari buruzko gai bat azaltzen zaio irakurleari. Ahozko ariketak: irakurgaiaren amaieran, gaiaz hizketan jarraitzeko aukera ematen duten hiru ahozko ariketa ageri dira. Paragrafoak: gehienez ere, 6 lerroko paragrafoak. Alboko hiztegia: irakurgai bakoitzaren alboan bertako zazpi hitz zailenen definizioak txertatu ditugu, euskara errazean emanak.

Figura clave de la literatura humorística inglesa de principios del siglo XX, Héctor Hugh Munro, Saki, satirizó como nadie las costumbres de la aristocracia y la clase política de su tiempo en relatos llenos de ironia y comicidad. Las grandes mansiones, las house-parties en el campo, los viajes al continente, las carreras de caballos, son los escenarios y ambientes de estas historias protagonizadas por petimetres depravados, ancianas damas con vicios insolitos, ministros despoticos y eclesiasticos reticentes, una fauna esperpentica y disparatada que hara las delicias del lector.

En aquest recull format per una desena d’alguns dels millors contes de Saki, les criatures del regne animal tenen una presència més que destacada. Un gat descobreix el do de la parla i es dedica a xe

"Sigo adicto a la deliciosa irrealidad del universo de Saki" Tom Sharpe Doce relatos llenos de ingenio e irreverente comicidad, plagados de personajes inolvidables que se mueven entre toda la fauna elegante y ridícula de la clase alta británica, con sus tés, sus fiestas y sus cacerías de zorros. Doce piezas que se cuentan entre las más divertidas de ese ácido y travieso cronista de la Inglaterra victoriana que fue Hector Hugh Munro, Saki.

Hector Hugh Munro, conocido por el seudónimo literario Saki, fue cuentista, novelista y dramaturgo británico. Sus agudos y, en ocasiones, macabros cuentos recrearon irónicamente la sociedad y la cult

Sakis (a.k.a Hector Hugh Munro) unique brand of humor has resonated with readers for over a century. Both macabre and also at times vicious, his writing nonetheless manages to perfectly capture the trivial absurdities of the Edwardian era in England.His subjects are almost always louche members of the upper classes - in particular his perfectly observed anti-heroes such as Clovis and Reginald - who wouldnt feel out of place in the world of P.G Wodehouses Bertie Wooster.The fatal flaw of hypocrisy receives particular attention in Sakis world, with vengeful justice often meted out in the most unlikely and unexpected fashion by birds, beasts and children alike.This collection contains both novels by Saki, all of his short story collections, and also his individual short stories the were published outside collections - in total 145 separate works.

Laertes editorial es complau en presentar, per primera vegada en català, un conjunt dels millors relats de Saki, el mestre satíric de Graham Greene, Borges i Chesterton, dins de la reconeguda col·lec

Tobermory, one of the most important works by Saki now in an epub3 AudioeBook version based on LibriVox audio and Project Gutenberg texts. Proudly brought to you for free by ReadBeyond

Berties Christmas Eve, one of the most important works by Saki now in an epub3 AudioeBook version based on LibriVox audio and Project Gutenberg texts. Proudly brought to you for free by ReadBeyond

Forewarned, one of the most important works by Saki now in an epub3 AudioeBook version based on LibriVox audio and Project Gutenberg texts. Proudly brought to you for free by ReadBeyond

The She-Wolf, one of the most important works by Saki now in an epub3 AudioeBook version based on LibriVox audio and Project Gutenberg texts. Proudly brought to you for free by ReadBeyond

First published in 1912, "The Unbearable Bassington" was the first novel written by Saki (H. H. Munro). The book contains much of the elegant wit found in his short stories and showcases Sakis wonderful writing and that ability to be so very funny and terribly sad at the same time. The story is about the relationship between mother and son. Comus (The Unbearable) Bassington, is a charming young man about town. His perversity however thwarts all his mothers efforts to advance his prospects and lands him in hot water. Like many a black sheep he ends up being sent off to one of the colonies to fend for himself...

Sakis (a.k.a Hector Hugh Munro) unique brand of humor has resonated with readers for over a century. Both macabre and also at times vicious, his writing nonetheless manages to perfectly capture the trivial absurdities of the Edwardian era in England.His subjects are almost always louche members of the upper classes - in particular his perfectly observed anti-heroes such as Clovis and Reginald - who wouldnt feel out of place in the world of P.G Wodehouses Bertie Wooster.The fatal flaw of hypocrisy receives particular attention in Sakis world, with vengeful justice often meted out in the most unlikely and unexpected fashion by birds, beasts and children alike.This collection contains both novels by Saki, all of his short story collections, and also his individual short stories the were published outside collections - in total 145 separate works.

A collection of eighteen deliciously disturbing tales by Saki, the Edwardian master of the short story. Sakis sharp satire pierces the polite veneer of country house parties, hunting meets and evenings round the pianola. Wild beasts stampede through the drawing room, servants suffer murderous delusions and sinister children plot revenge on their elders. These witty, macabre and sometimes bizarre stories cut through the social conventions of the Edwardian upper classes. Saki is like a perfect martini but with absinthe stirred in . . . heady, delicious and dangerous. - Stephen FrySaki is among those few writers, inspirational when read at an early age, who definitely retain their magic when revisited decades later. - Christopher HitchensThese delicious, hilarious and yet surgical satires are amongst the finest short stories in the English language. - Alexei SayleI took it up to my bedroom, opened it casually and was unable to go to sleep until I had finished it. - Noel Coward

If youve ever stayed with dull people during what is alleged to be the festive season, youll know a good dose of Saki is the only cure.These Christmas stories present Saki at his inimitable, satirical best as he addresses the most perilous aspects of the holiday period: visiting dull relatives, tolerating Christmas Eve merriment, receiving unwanted gifts, and writing ecstatic thank-you cards for those aforementioned gifts.Reginalds Christmas Revel and Reginald on Christmas Presents provide us with fabulously droll wit and wisdom from one of Sakis best-loved characters. In Berties Christmas Eve the Steffink family is served some Yuletide revenge by young cousin Bertie, while in Down Pens Egbert and Janetta conceive of an ingenious way to never write another thank-you letter again.The undisputed master of the English short story, never is Sakis satire sharper than when dissecting the customs of the upper classes at Christmas. These are four tales guaranteed to delight and disturb any Christmas gathering.Saki is like a perfect martini but with absinthe stirred in . . . heady, delicious and dangerous. Stephen FryThe best of his stories are still better than the best of just about every other writer around. Roald DahlSaki was irreplaceable and unreplaced.London Review of BooksHis stories are cut-glass beauties, pitiless and hard-edged and constantly poking fun at the pretensions of the middle and upper classes. Naomi AldermanI took it up to my bedroom, opened it casually and was unable to go to sleep until I had finished it Noel Coward

Un cazador compulsivo que acaba siendo secuestrado por bandidos curdos junto con su mujer y el amante de esta, un santo de piedra deseoso de hacer un milagro, el fantasma de un tacaño que persigue al amigo que le dejo dinero a deber o un hombre a quien condenan a muerte por asesinarse a si mismo son algunos de los disparatados personajes que cruzan por las paginas de Reginald en Rusia. El elemento comun a todos estos relatos es la comicidad -una comicidad que se tiñe frecuentemente con tintes macabro - y la capacidad para recrear las situaciones mas divertidas y absurdas, sin olvidar ocasionales trazos de un desenfrenado lirismo.

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"Mi escritor favorito" Noël Coward «La risa se combina con cierto salvajismo, el ingenio exquisito con el panteísmo, y el más absoluto desprecio por la moralidad con el idealismo, de modo que al acabar sus relatos tenemos la inquietante sensación de haber tomado parte en la exaltación de un instinto inteligente y descarnado.» Tom Sharpe