BFG
Libro deliziosamente smaccheramelloso, come quasi sempre lo sono le opere di Dahl (sempre presente la nota orrorifica che si ritrova nei suoi racconti "per adulti"). Naturalmente c'è una morale - non sempre il diverso è un pericolo - ma non inficia il piacere della lettura.

Io dal lontano 1993, collegavo la sigla BFG a Doom (l'iconica Big F***ing Gun): riscopro ora che può rimandare all'originale Big Friendly Giant. Non si finisce mai di imparare.

A little orphan girl, Sophie, looks out the window one dark night and sees a mysterious shadow peeking into bedroom windows. It's the Big Friendly Giant, the BFG! He whisks Sophie away to the land of the giants, and reveals his marvelous dream collection. But other giants are not so friendly, and Sophie and the BFG must devise a plan to stop the other giants from eating humans.

I love this story! It's imaginative and fun. The language is hilarious and delightful. The BFG is dorky and silly and adorable. Sophie is brave and kind and intelligent. There are so many little details about the BFG that make this a truly interesting story; like the snozzcumbers that taste so disgusting, and the way he captures dreams, and his funny way of talking. All those things are so unique and wild and winsome.

There is nothing quite like Roald Dahl's writing style. He has such a felicitous way with words that brings delight to the reader. His writing style is just so charming, and it weaves a magic web of enchantment that sweeps the reader into his crazy imagination.

The BFG, Roald Dahl

The BFG (The Big Friendly Giant) is a 1982 children's book written by British novelist Roald Dahl.

The start of the book begins with an eight-year-old orphan girl named Sophie lying in bed in an orphanage run by Mrs. Clonkers.

She cannot sleep, and sees a strange sight in the street; a giant man, carrying a bag and an odd trumpet. He sees Sophie, who tries to hide in bed, but the giant picks her up through the window. Then he runs quickly to a large cave, which he enters.

When he sets Sophie down, she begins to plead for her life, believing that the giant will eat her.

The giant laughs and explains that most giants do eat human beings (which he pronounces as "human beans"), and that the people's origins affect their taste.

For example, people from Greece taste greasy while people from Panama taste of hats. The giant then says that he will not eat her as he is the Big Friendly Giant, or BFG for short.

The BFG explains that she must stay with him forever so that no one can know of his existence.

He warns her of the dangers of leaving his cave as his nine neighbours are sure to eat her if they catch her.

He also explains what he was doing with the trumpet and suitcase. He catches dreams, stores them in the cave, and then gives the good ones to children all around the world. He destroys the bad ones.

The BFG then explains that he eats the only edible plant that will grow in the giants' homeland: snozzcumbers, which are disgusting striped cucumber-like vegetables with wart-like growths that taste like frog skins and rotten fish to Sophie and cockroaches and slime wanglers to the BFG. ...

تاریخ نخستین خوانش: روز بیست و چهارم ماه آگوست سال 2001میلادی

عنوان: غول بزرگ مهربان؛ رولد دال؛ مترجم: مهناز داوری؛ مشخصات نشر تهران، محراب قلم، 1378؛ در 171ص، مصور؛ شابک9643230848؛ موضوع داستانهای کودکان از نویسندگان بریتانیا - سده 20م

عنوان: غول بزرگ مهربان؛ رولد دال؛ تصویرگر: کوانتین بلیک؛ مترجم: گیتا گرکانی؛ مشخصات نشر تهران، نشر مرکز، 1379؛ در 215ص، مصور؛ شابک 9645571499؛

عنوان: غول بزرگ مهربان؛ رولد دال؛ تصویرگر کوانتین بلیک؛ مترجم: شهلا طهماسبی؛ مشخصات نشر تهران، نشر مرکز، 1385؛ در ده، 215ص، مصور؛ شابک 9645039912؛

مترجم: محبوبه نجف خانی؛ تهران، افق، 1388؛ در 282ص؛

مترجم: علی هداوند؛ تهران، سپاس، 1393؛ در 220ص؛

داستان دختر بچه‌ ای یتیم، به نام «سوفی» است؛ که با غول بزرگ مهربانی که در شهر، به دنبال غذاست، آشنا می‌شود؛ در حالیکه دیگر غول‌ها، با پیدا کردن محل زندگی انسان‌ها، قصد دارند به «انگلستان» یورش ببرند، و همه ی کودکان آنجا را بخورند؛ برای همین «سوفی» و غول بزرگش، کوشش دارند، از انجام آنکار شیطانی، جلوگیری کنند؛

فیلمی، در سبک خیال‌پردازی، و ماجراجویی، به کارگردانی، و تهیه‌ کنندگی: «استیون اسپیلبرگ»، و نویسندگی: «ملیسا متیسن» است، بر اساس همین رمان «غول بزرگ مهربان»، اثر «رولد دال»، ساخته شده، که «مارک رایلنس»، در نقش غول بزرگ مهربان؛ «روبی بارنهیل»، در نقش «سوفی»؛ «بیل هیدر» در نقش غول؛ «پنه‌ لوپه ویلتون»، در نقش ملکه؛ «ربکا هال» در نقش «ماری» و ...؛ نقش آفرینی کرده اند؛

تاریخ بهنگام رسانی 20/08/1399هجری خورشیدی؛ 27/06/1400هجری خورشیدی؛ ا. شربیانی