The brilliance of a writer is often displayed when he or she is writing short stories and/or children books. Both genres do require exquisite skills of concision and require special attention for detail and clear yet eventful plot.
A.A.Milne - Alan Alexander - is worldwide famous for creating the iconic character Winnie-the-Pooh and his lovely friends. But it is less known that until his death, in 1956, he was a prolific writer of journalistic articles, short stories and theatre.
His first collection of The Complete Short Stories by A.A.Milne reveal not only his fine art of writing, but also his constant interest in observing feelings and situations. The topics cover a wide range of topics and contexts, from family interactions and love, to everyday life interactions. As in some insightful episodes from Winnie-the-Pooh, the plot ends up always in displaying samples of deep human longing, friendship and bonding. The scenes are word sketches of life and
The complete collection of short stories do justice to the talent of A.A.Milne and his literary achievements. It is an act of literary restitution that delights the readers with beautiful stories.
Rating: 5 stars
Disclaimer: Book offered as part of the book tour but the opinions are, as usual, my own
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