The Collected Short Stories of Saki

by Saki and H H Munro (Saki) (with an introduction by Christopher Morley)

Book Overview

The buttoned-up world of the British upper classes is exploded by the brilliance, wit and audacity of Saki's bomb-like stories. In "The Open Window" an imaginative teenager gives a visitor the fright... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1853260711
• ISBN13: 9781853260711
• Release Date: September 1993
• Publisher: Wordsworth Editions
• Length: 512 Pages
• Weight: 0.72 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 4.9" x 7.7"

Customer Reviews

Hopelessly modern wit, hopelessly feudal outlooks

What else can be said about Saki? A man caught between the death of the old way and the birthpangs of modernity - in both politics and literature - has much to satire. Saki's humor is near-pathological, glorifying the absurd and savaging the serious. Any (and all) collections of his too-brief work are to be appreciated, cherished, and most importantly, shared. If one can read "The Unrest-Cure" and not laugh out loud I fear for the future of humanity!

Classics and Understanding

H.H. Munro takes us on a journey unmatched by his predecessors, and brings us back to our reality with an understanding of a true artist.