O'Henry's collection
P.V.L.N. RAO
HENRY KATHALU: Translated by D. Rangarao; Edited by P. Rajeswararao; Pratibha Publications (Pragati Publishers), 3-11-275/1, Sri Sankar Colony, L.B. Nagar, Hyderabad-500074. Rs. 200.
PUBLISHED TO mark the 101 {+s} {+t} death anniversary of O. Henry, this collection of the celebrated American author's select stories has quite a few delectable pieces, typifying his subtle humour and penchant for giving a twist to the climax.
Gift of the Magi depicts the travails of a middle class couple. The wife disposes her dense hair and buys a platinum wrist-watch chain for the husband, who sells his watch for purchasing a costly comb-set for the wife. The Christmas gifts wait for being used.
In Service for Love, life becomes difficult for a painter-musician couple because of the dwindling patronage for arts. Both keep boasting about their new assignments until the bluff is called: the duo work in the same laundry, with the wife ironing the clothes and the husband running the machine downstairs.
Cop and the Anthem is about a man who decides to spend the winter in a cosy prison, where one gets food and bed free, and commits theft and robbery, but fails to realise his objective. Just when he resolves to get back to honest ways of living he is confronted by the police and ultimately sentenced by court for a three-month term in jail
P.V.L.N. RAO
HENRY KATHALU: Translated by D. Rangarao; Edited by P. Rajeswararao; Pratibha Publications (Pragati Publishers), 3-11-275/1, Sri Sankar Colony, L.B. Nagar, Hyderabad-500074. Rs. 200.
PUBLISHED TO mark the 101 {+s} {+t} death anniversary of O. Henry, this collection of the celebrated American author's select stories has quite a few delectable pieces, typifying his subtle humour and penchant for giving a twist to the climax.
Gift of the Magi depicts the travails of a middle class couple. The wife disposes her dense hair and buys a platinum wrist-watch chain for the husband, who sells his watch for purchasing a costly comb-set for the wife. The Christmas gifts wait for being used.
In Service for Love, life becomes difficult for a painter-musician couple because of the dwindling patronage for arts. Both keep boasting about their new assignments until the bluff is called: the duo work in the same laundry, with the wife ironing the clothes and the husband running the machine downstairs.
Cop and the Anthem is about a man who decides to spend the winter in a cosy prison, where one gets food and bed free, and commits theft and robbery, but fails to realise his objective. Just when he resolves to get back to honest ways of living he is confronted by the police and ultimately sentenced by court for a three-month term in jail
