Boy Talking to Animals
About This Novel
These 10 irrational short stories are fairy tales created for adult readers by the famous children's literature writer Roald Dahl. You will meet a little boy who loves animals so much that he swims with sea turtles; a husband who is jealous of the domestic cat; a landlady who wants her guests to stay forever; a man who is led astray by his love for pork and a wife who has a morbid fear of being late... Careful readers will find that their madness all comes from a loss of control. In these ten surprising and unsettling stories, Roald Dahl explains what happens when we lose our minds. Among them, "The Landlady" won Roald Dahl the second "Edgar Allan Poe Literary Award" in his life in 1959. The article was selected by American teachers as one of the 23 English short stories most suitable for middle school students to read. The recommendation: "A masterpiece among the short stories of the famous children's literature writer Roald Dahl, whose unique conception has far-reaching influence." It has been selected into many European and American textbooks.
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