The Best Of Saki

ISBN-10
8187981180
ISBN-13
9788187981183
Series
The Best of Saki
Category
Short stories, English
Pages
272
Language
English
Published
2002-04-01
Author
Hector Hugh Munro Saki

Description

Through his immortal short stories and other writings, Saki has created some of the most loved stereotypes that are almost caricaturesque in their droll exaggeration. Aunts are the unfailing tyrants in their unreasonable cruelty or downright imbecility. Families eat porridge, believe in the weather forecast and have no sense of humor. No one falls in love and if love does happen, it's placid love between placidly lovable couples. Isms are grotesque jokes with warped punch-lines; patriotism ends up in Parisian frocks worn with an English accent, and socialism is what can get one stuck in the Turkish bath or with half-done coiffeur.

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