Going solo

209 pages

Langue : English

Publié 2 avril 1996 par Scholastic.

ISBN :
978-0-590-10176-9
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Numéro OCLC :
47357643

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As a young man working in East Africa for the Shell Company, Roald Dahl recounts his adventures living in the jungle and later flying a fighter plane in World War II.

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"Going Solo" by Roald Dahl is a book that has resonated very deeply with me. A memoir of his time in Africa and the Middle East before during World War II, "Going Solo" show a young Dahl in his early twenties confronting the joys, struggles, and ironies of... growing up during a time of war, all of which he does with his characteristic wit and energy. The narrative is very engaging and one gets a deep sense of Dahl's thoughts and experiences as a young person in the wider world for the first time - forced to "go solo" and come fully into his own by the circumstances of this time. The stories are fascinating and passages well written. Written nearly forty-five years afterwards, the book teams with youthful energy and one finds themselves drawn into his exuberance. The book can be readily divided into two parts. In Part One, …

Sujets

  • English Authors
  • Juvenile literature
  • Biography
  • World War, 1939-1945
  • British Personal narratives