by Saki · Valdemar · tapa dura · ISBN 9788477022824
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«Crónicas de Clovis» is a collection of short stories by British writer Saki, published by Valdemar in hardcover (240 pages, in Spanish).
Clovis Sangrail, a young, skeptical and witty man, uses irony and epigrammatic phrases to dismantle the hypocrisy of Edwardian high society. The stories mix the macabre with farcical humor, brilliant dialogue and absurd characters, in short, sharp pieces admired by authors such as Tom Sharpe and Roald Dahl.
The original work, The Chronicles of Clovis, was published in 1911; this 1999 edition belongs to Valdemar's Avatares collection.
Ideal for readers of British satire and short fiction who appreciate macabre humor and epigrammatic wit, in the vein of Oscar Wilde.
Hector Hugh Munro, popularly known by his pen name Saki and also frequently as H. H. Munro, was a British writer whose witty, mischievous and sometimes macabre stories satirise Edwardian society and culture. He is considered to be a master of the short story and is often compared to O. Henry and Dorothy Parker. Influenced by Oscar Wilde, Lewis Carroll and Rudyard Kipling, Munro himself influenced A. A. Milne, Noël Coward and P. G. Wodehouse.
