Аннотация
The Complete Short Stories of Roald Dahl in the first of two unsettling and sinister volumes.
'They are brutal, these stories, and yet you finish reading each one with a smile, or maybe even a hollow laugh, certainly a shiver of gratification, because the conclusion always seems so right' Charlie Higson, from his introduction.
Roald Dahl is one of the most popular writers of the modern age, effortlessly writing for children and adults alike. In this, the first of two volumes chronologically collecting all his published adult short stories, we see how Dahl began by using his experiences in the war to write fiction but quickly turned to his powerful and dark imagination to pen some of the most unsettling and disquieting tales ever written.
In 27 stories, written between 1944 and 1953, we encounter such classic tales as 'Man from the South', featuring a wager with appalling consequences; 'Lamb to the Slaughter', in which a wife murders her husband yet has a novel idea for throwing the police off the scent; and in 'The Sound Machine', the horrific truth about plants is revealed.
Enter the sinister, twisted world of Roald Dahl: whether you're young or old, you'll never want to leave.
![Звуковая машина [= Звуки, которых мы не слышим; Звук дерева; Ультразвуковая машина; Крик дерева]](https://www.rulit.me/data/programs/images/zvukovaya-mashina-zvuki-kotoryh-my-ne-slyshim-zvuk-dereva-ul_780931.jpg "Этот человек был увлечён звуком. Он создал теорию, что существует множество звуков в мире, и люди неспособны услышать их из-за высоких частот. Он объясняет его...")
![Matilda [с иллюстрациями]](https://www.rulit.me/data/programs/images/matilda-s-illyustraciyami_257672.jpg "Klappentext
Matilda ist ein Wunderkind, verständig und blitzgescheit. Ihr Verstand ist so hell und scharf, daß er selbst den beschränktesten Eltern auffallen müßte. Aber Herr und Frau Wurmwald sind dermaßen...")
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