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Lädt ... Love from Boy: Roald Dahl's Letters to His Mothervon Roald Dahl
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Melde dich bei LibraryThing an um herauszufinden, ob du dieses Buch mögen würdest. Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch. Although very one-sided (there are no replies to the letters), this book forms an important autobiographical addition to Dahl's Boy and Going Solo. I was surprised at the amount of expletives Dahl used tin correspondence with his mother, and some of the entries were left unexplained (although much could be deciphered); such as, "'Yoo Yah' which runs up and down on a string from Woolworths." (Yo-yo?), and "Pi-jerry (po)" (bed-pan?). I enjoyed reading about Dahl's fond memories of "East of the Sun and West of the Moon", a Norse fairy tale, "finding dwarfs there"; his attempts to purchase a Jews harp; and the events he had in school, the fire in the house, mice in the study, photography, motorcycle/insurance, best friend expelled for homosexuality, field trip, being shot at by a boy using live rounds, wireless set. And later his stays in America with Walt Disney, and the Roosevelts, to name but a few. The B&W photos in the book are fascinating. I love the picture of Dahl with Hemmingway. "Yesterday was Beautiful" was his first adult short prose, with the original notes set in Norway, as the tale of Carl Christiansen. ( ) I don’t read many collections of letters due to the very great boredom factor, but this is very enjoyable. Very well edited. All the letters are interesting in one way or another, the book’s the right length and between each section of letters Sturrock provides text which fills in the back story. A quick read and rather startling to have a man flying a fighter plane who only a few pages before was asking his mother for conkers. Dahl’s personality really shines through, but even if you’re not interested in him he lived through such momentous events I really do think there’s something for everyone here. Synopsis: Road Dahl, today one of the world's most well-known author's, wrote weekly letters to his mother. We follow Road Dahl throughout his life through letters to his mother - from boarding school, to when he became a pilot, until his international acclaim as an author. My Opinion: Essentially an autobiography of Road Dahl, written in epistolary. What a wonderful legacy for his mother to leave. keine Rezensionen | Rezension hinzufügen
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HTML:From the author of The BFG, Matilda, James and the Giant Peach, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, and many more beloved classicsâ??a whimsical, witty, and revealing collection of the legendary childrenâ??s author and writer Roald Dahl's letters written to his mother, from early childhood through Dahlâ??s travels to Africa, his career in the Royal Air Force, his work in post-war Washington, D.C., and Hollywood, and the books that made him a literary star. Roald Dahl penned his first letter to his mother, Sofie Magdalene, when he was just nine years old. The origins of a brilliantly funny, subversive, creative mind were evident in boarding school, and as he entered adulthood, his penchant for storytelling emerged in his missives home from Africa, where he was stationed by Shell Oil, and then the desert camps of the Royal Air Force. His skills were sharpened after a plane crash in Egypt landed him in Washington, D.C., where his cheery letters home were cover for his work in the British Secret Service, along with gossipy updates on his spontaneous rise in Hollywood and his budding New York literary career. His mother was, in many ways, Dahlâ??s first reader, and without her correspondence he might never have become a writer. Sofie Magdalene kept every letter her son wrote to her (sadly, her own side of the correspondence did not survive). It was she who encouraged him to tell stories and nourished his desire to fabricate, exaggerate, and entertain. In these letters, Dahl began practicing his craft, developing the dark sense of humor and fantastical imagination that would later produce his timeless tales. The author of James and the Giant Peach, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Matilda, and The BFG, Dahl is known by millions the world over today. But, writing candidly to the person who knew him best, Dahl was as singular a character as any he created on paper. Assembled by Dahlâ??s authorized biographer Donald Sturrock, Love from Boy is a remarkable collection of never-before-published writing that spans four decades and chronicles the remarkable, unpredictable life of its author. While Dahlâ??s books remain bestselling favorites for all ages, Love from Boy provides an unprecedented glimpse of the author through his own eyesâ??a life punctuated by tragedy, creative stagnation, unexpected fame, and Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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