Thirteen Modern English and American Short Stories

by Various (Editor), Ray Bradbury

Cette collection s'adresse à tous ceux qui désirent découvrir ou redécouvrir le plaisir de lire dans leur langue d'origine les oeuvres des plus grands auteurs contemporains. Notes en anglais en regard du texte, lexique bilingue en fin de volume dispensent d'un recours fastidieux au dictionnaire.
Thirteen Modern English and American Short Stories
présentées par Henri Yvinec

-Ray Bradbury : A Piece of Wood
-Truman Capote : Mr. Jones
-Roald Dahl : The Landlady
-Graham Greene : I Spy
-John Updike : Dear Alexandros
-Iain Crichton Smith : The Telegram
-Mary Webb : In Affection and Esteem
-Somerset Maugham : The Luncheon
-Bernard Malamud : The Letter
-Richard Hughes : A Night at a Cottage
-Liam O'Flaherty : Charity
-Katherine Mansfield : The Fly
-O. Henry : The Last Leaf

Pocket Book

First published April 1, 2002

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Reviews

[Kobito · Rating 4 out of 5]

I read the last short first because it's the reason I bought this book!
13 - The Last Leaf -: One of my favorite short stories ever! So sad and sweet at the same time!

1 - A Piece of Wood - Ray Bradbury : I like the thinking behind that one, it's one of those story that makes you want to have a debate with someone about who is right, the Official or the sergeant?

2 - Mr Jones - Truman Capote: Like the writing but.. I want more! Like what is that ending? How? Why? What happened to Mr Jones??

3 - The Landlady - Roald Dahl : Wow! That was a good one! Adorable AND terrifying!

4 - I Spy - Graham Greene : Father and son, both doing what they shouldn't do in the dark. Interresting!

5 - Dear Alexandros - John Updike : There was something bitter coming from this exchange between two person who have nothing in commun except those letters.

6 - The Telegram - Iain Crichton Smith : Haunting.

7 - In Affection and Esteem - Mary Webb : This one was so sad, it stinged a lot!

8 - The Luncheon - W. Somerset Maugham : The building was nice but i'm not sure I like the ending on that one.

9 - The Letter - Bernard Malamud : The themes seemed interresting, and the premise too, but I didn't find the execution catching enough.

10 - A Night at a Cottage - Richard Hughes : I was hoping for more but still nice.

11 - Charity - Liam O'Flaherty : That was just sad.

12 - The Fly - Katherine Mansfield : That was sadder, and slighty weird.

Overall, this was good collection of short novels. Most of them are rather sad or pessimistic but the different authors make it diverse enough to never get bored.

[Mel · Rating 4 out of 5]

Un super livre en anglais, très bien annoté, efficace pour enrichir son vocabulaire ; et surtout composé de magnifiques nouvelles, variées, touchantes. Un plaisir!