Matilda Roald Dahl Arbeitsbl舩ter. The family of late author roald dahl who wrote such children s classics as charlie and the chocolate factory and matilda issued an apology for his incomprehensible anti. Roald dahl s anti semitic comments were incomprehensible to us family says the apology which appeared as a note on the official roald dahl website comes 30 years after the author s death.
Roald dahl s matilda won the children s book award shortly after it was published in 1988 and it has continued to delight audiences ever since. I was so impressed by the book that i now realize what a wasted childhood i had without having read the book. He remains the world s number one storyteller.
Matilda was the last chapter book that roald dahl wrote before his death.
The book was inspired by the political climate of the 1980s a desire to keep books alive and possibly his grandchildren. What i immediately did soon after i read matilda was checking netflix for its movie adaptation and to my surprise it turned equally good. The family of late author roald dahl who wrote such children s classics as charlie and the chocolate factory and matilda issued an apology for his incomprehensible anti. The family of roald dahl the british children s author who penned classics like charlie and the chocolate factory and matilda quietly posted an apology on the late author s website over the.