Books by Saki
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review 1: Saki is often called one of the masters of short story writing and having finally read him I entirely agree with that distinction, however (and this is less a fault of the author than it is my own shortcoming) I am, admittedly, unfamiliar with a lot of the quips and references he...
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review 1: Man 1: I've just finished reading a collection of short stories by Hector Hugh Munro.Man 2: Saki?Man 1: Yes, they were.Such a reliable collection of pithy and fun stories that at times are verging on simply being elaborately set up one-liners. Each one follows on with metronomic ...
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review 1: ANIMALES Y MÁS QUE ANIMALESAUTOR: SAKI, PSEUDÓNIMO DE H.H. MUNRO, escritor inglés del siglo Este libro comprende 35 cuentos sobre el tema de los animales, algunos usados metafóricamente al ser humano. Pocos de ellos son divertidos, casi en tu totalidad utilizan humor e ironía per...
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review 1: When I was a child in the Kingdom by the Sea, yes, that very same Kingdom, we stayed part of the summer at my grandfather's. Considering my grandfather's immense education, there were surprisingly few books. Actually, there were several bookshelves, but they were loaded with reli...