作品情報
親切な女主人の笑顔の奥で、旅人は逃げ場のない違和感に包まれていく。
ロアルド・ダールの短編「The Landlady」の日本語題。1959年に発表され、1960年の短編集『Kiss Kiss』に収録された。大人向け短編におけるダールの冷たいユーモアと残酷な余韻をよく示す作品である。
レビュー要約
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淡々とした会話の中で恐怖を膨らませる技巧が高く評価されている。露骨な説明を避け、読者に結末の気配を悟らせる余白が強い印象を残す。
書籍情報
- 出版社
- Penguin Books Ltd
- 発売日
- 2011-09-01
- ページ数
- 336ページ
- 言語
- 英語
- サイズ
- 13 x 2 x 19.8 cm
- ISBN-13
- 9780241955345
- ISBN-10
- 9780241955345
- 価格
- 2818 JPY
- カテゴリ
- 洋書/Literature & Fiction/Short Stories/Single Author
In Kiss Kiss you will find eleven devious, shocking stories from the master of the unpredictable, Roald Dahl. What could go wrong when a wife pawns the mink coat that her lover gave her as a parting gift? What happens when a priceless piece of furniture is the subject of a deceitful bargain? Can a wronged woman take revenge on her dead husband? In these dark, disturbing stories Roald Dahl explores the sinister side of human nature: the cunning, sly, selfish part of each of us that leads us into the territory of the unexpected and unsettling. Stylish, macabre and haunting, these tales will leave you with a delicious feeling of unease. 'Roald Dahl is one of the few writers I know whose work can accurately be described as addictive' Irish Times Roald Dahl, the brilliant and worldwide acclaimed author of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, James and the Giant Peach, Matilda, and many more classics for children, also wrote scores of short stories for adults. These delightfully disturbing tales have often been filmed and were most recently the inspiration for the West End play, Roald Dahl's Twisted Tales by Jeremy Dyson. Roald Dahl's stories continue to make readers shiver today.
Roald Dahl was a spy, ace fighter pilot, chocolate historian and medical inventor. He was also the author of Matilda, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, The BFG and many more brilliant stories.
レビュー
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大変質の高いものです
ダールは昔から読んでいますが、オーディオブックCDが簡単に買えるとは知りませんでした。 声色や訛りまで使い分けながら１人で朗読する“Parson's Pleasure”など非常に質が高く最高に楽しめます。 変なレビューに惑わされないようにしましょう。
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bookで検索していたのでCDとはまさか
おっチョコチョイを地でいってしまった。変な形の本とはおもったけれど。Queen's Englishは気に入ったけれど、一人で３役、４役は無理がありますね。
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Buon prodotto
L'utilizzo di un audiolibro rende più agevole e divertente la lettura di un libro in lingua straniera, oltre a fornire un'esatta pronuncia delle parole. Una volta inserito il cd ,la lettura purtroppo non scorre dall'inizio falla fine, ma il racconto è spezzato in varie parti e la lettura si interrompe per poi riprendere non nella parte successiva, ma in una a caso,quindi per asscoltare una lettura coerente al testo scritto si è costretti a cliccare di volta in volta le varie caselle sul catalogo multimediale.
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sublime
I can't believe how good this guy is. The set up in his stories surpasses the endings, which are creepy and unnerving. One of the great writers. I looked forward to picking up the book every time. Some of my favorite short stories, right up their with Arthur Conrad Doyle, L. Ron Hubbard and Robert Block.
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Excellent!
C'est de l'humour de plus en plus noir au fur et á mesure des nouvelles.
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Libro perfecto para practicar inglés
Varios cuentos de este autor, al menos para mi fácil de leer debido a que las historias te mantienen con la intriga y quieres seguir leyendo hasta el final, para nada se hace monótono o aburrido.
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Empfehlenswert
Habe ich empfohlen bekommen. Dahl ist super. Will meinen Wortschatz aufbessern. Die Stories sind für mich B2 - C1 gut verständlich.
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