Η Τακτική Του Αιφνιδιασμού Και Άλλα Διηγήματα

by Saki, Μαργαρίτα Ζαχαριάδου (Translator)

Ο Σάκι δεν πρόλαβε να γίνει πρώτο όνομα, είναι όμως ένας συγγραφέας με φανατικούς φίλους, που υποχρεώνει τον αναγνώστη να γελάσει δυνατά, συνδυάζοντας, ιδίως στα διηγήματα που περιλαμβάνονται εδώ, αγγλικό φλέγμα και ανατρεπτικό χιούμορ σε μια πλοκή που βασίζεται στην ιδέα του «τι θα συνέβαινε εάν. . .».

265 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 2000

About the author

British writer Hector Hugh Munro under pen name Saki published his witty and sometimes bitter short stories in collections, such as The Chronicles of Clovis (1911).

His sometimes macabre satirized Edwardian society and culture. People consider him a master and often compare him to William Sydney Porter and Dorothy Rothschild Parker. His tales feature delicately drawn characters and finely judged narratives. "The Open Window," perhaps his most famous, closes with the line, "Romance at short notice was her specialty," which thus entered the lexicon. Newspapers first and then several volumes published him as the custom of the time.

His works include
* a full-length play, The Watched Pot , in collaboration with Charles Maude;
* two one-act plays;
* a historical study, The Rise of the Russian Empire , the only book under his own name;
* a short novel, The Unbearable Bassington ;
* the episodic The Westminster Alice , a parliamentary parody of Alice in Wonderland ;
* and When William Came: A Story of London under the Hohenzollerns , an early alternate history.

Oscar Wilde, Lewis Carroll, and Joseph Rudyard Kipling, influenced Munro, who in turn influenced A. A. Milne, and Pelham Grenville Wodehouse.

Reviews

[Karmologyclinic · Rating 3 out of 5]

my review from 2006:
"The last book I've finished was a translation of some short stories of Saki I found at the Book Bazaar some days ago ( Η τακτική του αιφνιδιασμού, εκδόσεις Ποταμός). I bought it because it had lots of cats on the cover but it turned out quite funny and witty and fast reading, if you need something (preferably short stories) to relax (and with cats in every second story). Apparently there are some of his stories in Project Gutenberg.. Strange guy with a weird sense of humour.

[Alexander Theofanidis · Rating 3 out of 5]

Μια χαριτωμένη στο σύνολό της συλλογή διηγημάτων, αλλά τίποτε περισσότερο. Βρετανικό χιούμορ 100+ ετών που μπορεί τότε να ήταν ανατρεπτικό και να συνάρπαζε, σήμερα όμως κάποιες από τις ιστορίες είναι από αφελείς έως και βαρετές.

Χορηγείται και σαν υποκατάστατο αν σας έχουν τελειώσει τα βιβλία του Wodehouse και έχετε στερητικό σύνδρομο.