Going Solo

paperback, 224 pages

Publié 17 juillet 2012 par Puffin.

ISBN :
978-0-14-132274-2
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The fascinating story of Roald Dahl's life continues in Going Solo, a marvelous evocation of the author's wartime exploits. As a pilot in World War II, Roald Dahl had some wonderfully exciting -- and frighteningly near-death -- experiences including encounters with the enemy, battles with deadly snakes, and incredible dogfights. Told with the same irresistible appeal that has made Dahl one of the world's best-loved writers, Going Solo brings you directly into the action and into the mind of this brilliant man.

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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, …