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Cargando... A Small Pinch of Weather and Other Stories (1972)por Joan Aiken
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Anything is magically possible in these twelve short stories by gifted storyteller, Joan Aiken. Imagine ordering a sunny day from the local weather witch, asking an appletree to answer the telephone and making a beautiful garden out of old cereal boxes. What would you do if you inherited a real hair loom, or found three ugly old ladies and a dragon on your doorstep and would you need a bicycle if you had a unicorn to ride? No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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Every story is either magical or very funny - many of them, both. There are lots of direct references to classical mythology, and several stories follow the familiar logic of fairy tales, which Aiken plays for real; she takes her fantasy seriously. Yet the stories are never cold or distant. Aiken's humor is dry and matter-of-fact, cutting through the mysticism as if to say, "Well, this is just how it is, I suppose." A little boy reads stories to inanimate objects, who are grateful for the company; a dragon curls up near a space heater like a cat; a princess rides to the ends of the earth to bring back a piece of the dark. The stories are full of odd, strange, even terrifying things that are treated as totally run-of-the-mill, and as a result, become extremely funny. If ever a book recreated the humor of a slow double-take in print, this is the one.
This is a real treasure of a book and it's a shame Aiken isn't as well known in the United States as her contemporary Roald Dahl, whose work hers sometimes resembles (especially the incongruities of James and the Giant Peach or The Witches); hers is a quieter and gentler set of tales, though, without any of the misanthropy or malice. ( )