Add a Dash of Pity
Title | Add a Dash of Pity PDF eBook |
Author | Peter Ustinov |
Publisher | Prometheus Books |
Total Pages | 224 |
Release | 2011-09-29 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1615928162 |
Peter Ustinov was revered as one of the world's truly legendary entertainers. As an actor, producer, director, novelist, playwright, and columnist, his body of work was not only vast and thoroughly impressive, but enduring. Add a Dash of Pity, a superb collection of short stories, shows Sir Peter at his narrative, perceptive best.Ustinov possessed the uncommon ability to amuse and touch readers simultaneously, a talent which has nowhere been better displayed than in this fascinating array of short stories, which includes: The Man Who Took It Easy, The Wingless Icarus, The Man in the Moon, A Place in the Shade, A Word in the World's Ear, There Are 43,200 Seconds in a Day, The Aftertaste, and the title piece, Add a Dash of Pity.[Ustinov] has the rarest of the satirist's gifts that of using mockery to build character and to express compassion. . . . His sympathy goes to weak, likeable people struggling to keep in step with the demands of social convention; it is against these . . . that he directs his most savage comedy. -The Times Literary Supplement[The title story is] superb, moving, intriguing. Ustinov, with perfect timing and detail, has here written a great short story, and from this point his book does not falter. -The Daily ExpressUstinov writes with great wit and fills these memorable tales with clever, parenthetical insights along with a clear moral thrust. -Publishers Weekly. . . sprightly, brightly written stories. Ustinov has a pleasantly light touch, both with his graceful, comma-sprinkled sentences and his characterization. . .It's almost surprising that Ustinov isn't a staple in creative writing classes; these carefully conceived slices of life are models of the 20th-century short story. -Sacramento News & Review. . . intelligent, philosophical and satirical. The characters are astonishingly vivid and dynamically presented. . . The writing is intensely detailed, journalistic, and yet Ustinov lets dialogue do what it should doshow rather than tell the unilluminated facts about characters and situations. -Small Press Magazine
Add a Dash of Pity
Title | Add a Dash of Pity PDF eBook |
Author | Peter Ustinov |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 218 |
Release | 1961 |
Genre | |
ISBN |
Twentieth Century Drama
Title | Twentieth Century Drama PDF eBook |
Author | Simon Trussler |
Publisher | Springer |
Total Pages | 323 |
Release | 1983-04-01 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 134917064X |
A compendium of information on all the main events, individuals, political groupings and issues of the 20th century. It provides a guide to current thinking on important historical topics and personalities within the period, and offers a guide to further reading.
Best Sellers
Title | Best Sellers PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 460 |
Release | 1959 |
Genre | Best books |
ISBN |
Dear Me
Title | Dear Me PDF eBook |
Author | Peter Ustinov |
Publisher | Random House |
Total Pages | 416 |
Release | 2011-05-31 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 1446472752 |
Sir Peter Ustinov's beautifully crafted autobiography is told with exquisite wit and insight. From his birth in April 1921, it spans his extraordinary career as actor, playwright, film star and director, confirming his early belief that he is 'irrevocably betrothed to laughter'. Ustinov's renowned gift for mimicry is exploited to the full in Dear Me. Eccentric relatives, school masters, sergeant majors and manic Hollywood moguls are all brought unforgettably to life.
The Publishers Weekly
Title | The Publishers Weekly PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 1404 |
Release | 1996 |
Genre | American literature |
ISBN |
Encyclopedia of British Humorists
Title | Encyclopedia of British Humorists PDF eBook |
Author | Steven H. Gale |
Publisher | Taylor & Francis |
Total Pages | 690 |
Release | 1996 |
Genre | English wit and humor |
ISBN | 9780824059903 |
First Published in 1996. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.