Baked Alaska and Other Short Short Stories: with Whimsy, Humor, and Tongue-in-Cheek for your Guestroom Bedside Table - Couverture souple

Daniels, Daniel Hoyt

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1450201725 ISBN 13 : 9781450201728

Editeur : iUniverse, 2010

Synopsis

These stories are quick little snippets to amuse the reader and make him think. Most of them end with a good laugh. Each can be read in ten or fifteen minutes. They tell about ordinary people who get into situations beyond their control, their efforts to extricate themselves, and the humorous results that often ensue, sometimes because of their efforts, sometimes in spite of them. Not all the men and women in these stories are nice people; some get their come-uppance in a surprise ending in the style of O. Henry or Guy de Maupassant. Sometimes there is a happy ending, sometimes not. Like life. The subjects include counterfeit money, foiled bomb plots, stage fright, life in an igloo, prejudice and racism, con men, stupidity, war, murder, courtship, marriage, divorce, various love affairs, gentleman and cads, nice girls and naughty ones, student pranks, animals, political intrigue, teen-age troubles, and plenty of goofy people like some you know in your own town, although the names have been changed, protecting the guilty as well as the innocent. The stories are handled with a light touch, tongue-in-cheek, and a good deal of irony. They are all unrelated, but each one offers a pleasant way to end the day at bedtime.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Daniel Hoyt Daniels is a retired U.S. Foreign Service Officer who has translated many French and Italian classic comedies by Moliere, Pierre Marivaux, Carlo Goldoni, and others. He has also written a collection of limericks and several short plays. He has lived abroad for many years and now teaches Romance languages in the United States, dividing most of his time between Galveston, Texas and Beaufort, South Carolina. "Baked Alaska and Other Short Short Stories" is his first published collection of short stories. A second collection is in progress."

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: iUniverse
• Date d'édition: 2010
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1450201725
• ISBN 13: 9781450201728
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 196
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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