Boy: Tales of Childhood

Roald Dahl claims that this isn't an autobiography, but if it isn't an autobiography then I don't know what is. Most people's recollections of childhood comes out as a series of disconnected anecdotes, though I suppose to make it a "proper" autobiography he might have needed to give more details, including names, to his siblings, instead of simply referring to "my ancient half-sister"

He gives a fairly vivid picture of what it was like to grow up in the second quarter of the 20th century, between the two world wars. Some things sounded familiar, like schools and teachers, while others did not -- like medical treatment and health care.

Kurzes, schönes Buch und erholsam, auch mal was über eine – zumindest was die Familienseite angeht – glückliche Kindheit und Jugend zu lesen. Weniger harmlos: die Schule, was man ahnen kann, wenn man schon mal irgendwas über britische Internate oder irgendwas von Roald Dahl gelesen hat.

Roald Dahl'in çocukluğu ve okul hayatını anlattığı güzel bir kitap. O zamanlar okul okumanın ne kadar zor olduğunu anlatması açısından önemli.

Roald Dahl is a great narrator, and so, even the most trivial anecdotes about his childhood are fun to read. It is not a great book as a whole simply because it consists of a bunch on loosely connected stories he remembers, but getting to know these details of his life and his family really put a perspective on who he is a s a writer and a human.
Worth reading, but not life changing.

Fun read. Good insight on the childhood of a wonderful writer from the writer.