The Complete Short Stories

I do not know how popular Saki (Hector Hugh Munro) is nowadays. During my college days, short stories by him and O. Henry were mandatory in almost all college textbooks. I think “The Gift of the Magi” by O. Henry and “The Open Window” by Saki might be two of the most anthologised stories. The differ......more

Beautifully written... Loved the delicate humor throughout the stories.......more

Saki at his best is a master of the droll, the witty, the slightly absurd. The names of his characters are so British they are perfect. The stories at the end of this collection were written during the Balkan War and are of a different flavour. All in all, this volume has a lot of Saki, and is best......more

Saki es la sonrisa en medio de la tormenta, la carcajada entre explosiones. Siento supo mirar bien y escribir mejor. Su prosa, llena de humor y vitalidad, es flexible y elástica en un contexto donde todo se hacía cada vez más rígido, más tieso, más propenso a quebrarse con el menor golpe. Saki no go......more

Cool, bitter, bitter humour. These tales belonging the genre called the "Butler's Revenge". Saki's favourite people, however, are children and domestic animals. These, like Saki himself, are imprisioned outsiders, who bite back at the dull, complacent people who control them.......more