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A new collection from David Sedaris is cause for jubilation. His recent move to Paris has inspired hilarious pieces, including Me Talk Pretty One Day, about his attempts to learn French. His family is another inspiration. You Cant Kill the Rooster is a portrait of his brother who talks incessant hip-hop slang to his bewildered father. And no one hones a finer fury in response to such modern annoyances as restaurant meals presented in ludicrous...

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In seinen zum Kult gewordenen Aufzeichnungen erkundet David Sedaris seltsame Frisuren, passiv-aggressive Konversationen in Postämtern und verunglückte Pointen des Smalltalks. Keinen schmutzigen Witz unterschlagend untermauert Sedaris seine Qualitäten als brillanter Beobachter und sein einzigartiges Ohr für das Bizarre.Seine Tagebücher erinnern uns daran, dass wir einst George W. Bush gehasst haben und dass Donald Trump vor nicht allzu langer Z...

In this hilarious illustrated fable, Anna Van Ogre loses her lovely monstrous looks and is turned into a sickeningly adorable, rosy-cheeked little girl. It starts her on a journey to learn an unforgettable lesson about true beauty"--

Als Speisekarten noch aus Papier sind und die Entscheidung eine Maske zu tragen oder nicht, nur an Halloween relevant ist, beschäftigt sich David Sedaris größtenteils mit den normalen Dingen des Alltags - er besucht mit seiner Schwester einen Schießstand, streift über schlammige serbische Flohmärkte und kauft Gummiwürmer um Ameisen zu füttern.Doch dann kommen Pandemie und Lockdown: Er wandert stundenlang durch ein leergefegtes New York City, i...

The best-selling author offers a new collection of satirical and humorous essays that chronicle his own life and ordinary moments that turn beautifully absurd, including how he coped with the pandemic, his thoughts on becoming an orphan in his seventh decade, and the battle-scarred America he discovered when he resumed touring.

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A New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice: There’s no right way to keep a diary, but if there’s an entertaining way, David Sedaris seems to have mas­tered it.   If it’s navel-gazing you’re after, you’ve come to the wrong place, ditto treacly self-examination. Rather, his observations turn outward: a fight between two men on a bus, a fight between two men on the street, pedestrians being whacked over the head or gathering to watch as a man c...

The author offers a new collection of satirical and humorous essays that chronicle his own life and ordinary moments that turn beautifully absurd, including how he coped with the pandemic, his thoughts on becoming an orphan in his seventh decade, and the battle-scarred America he discovered when he resumed touring.

The bestselling author offers a ... collection of satirical and humorous essays that chronicle his own life and ordinary moments that turn beautifully absurd, including how he coped with the pandemic, his thoughts on becoming an orphan in his seventh decade, and the battttle-scared America he discovered when he resumed touring"--Publisher's description.

“Genius… It is miraculous to read these pieces… You must read The Best of Me.” —Andrew Sean Greer, New York Times Book ReviewDavid Sedaris’s best stories and essays,  spanning his remarkable career—as selected and read by the author himself. Featuring fresh and classic recordings, including a new essay and an interview exclusive to the audiobook.A New York Times Book Review Editors’ ChoiceA CNN and Christian Science Monitor Best Book of the Mo...

“Genius… It is miraculous to read these pieces… You must read The Best of Me.” —Andrew Sean Greer, New York Times Book ReviewA New York Times Book Review Editors’ ChoiceA CNN and Christian Science Monitor Best Book of the MonthFor more than twenty-five years, David Sedaris has been carving out a unique literary space. A Sedaris story may seem confessional, but is also highly attuned to the world outside. It opens our eyes to what is at absurd ...

Hip radio comedy fans and theater folks who belong to the cult of Obie-winning playwright/performer Sedaris must kill to get this book. In a series of textured essays, Sedaris takes listeners along on his catastrophic detours through a nudist colony, a fruit-packing plant, his own childhood, and a dozen more of the world's little purgatories. Abridged. 3 CDs.

In this follow-up to his previous volume of diaries, Theft by Finding, the award-winning humorist chronicles the years 2003-2020, charting the years of his rise to fame with his trademark misanthropic charm and wry wit.

A collection of diary entries by David Sedaris, spanning the years 2003 to 2020.

Picking up where Theft by Finding left off, the entries here reflect an ever-changing world: new administrations, new restrictions on speech and conduct. What you can say at the start of the book, you can't by the end."--Provided by publisher.

Praise for David Sedaris' Calypso'Unquestionably the king of comic writing . . . Calypso is both funnier and more heartbreaking than pretty much anything out there - Hadley Freeman, Guardian'We get more of a glimpse than we have before of what lies behind the carapace of a writer who seems able to turn almost any situation to comic gold . . . [an] incredibly funny and sometimes moving meditation on love, death and family life, by a master of h...

There's no right way to keep a diary, but if there's an entertaining way, David Sedaris seems to have mastered it.If it's navel-gazing you're after, you've come to the wrong place, ditto treacly self-examination. Rather, his observations turn outward: a fight between two men on a bus, a fight between two men on the street, collecting Romanian insults, or being taken round a Japanese parasite museum. There's a dirty joke shared at a book signin...

The latest installment from always funny, sometimes bizarre comic David Sedaris. Praise for Theft By FindingThe writing here is funnier, (even) sharper . . . There isn't a dull word among these pages (India Knight Sunday Times)Could there be a more delightful American import than the memoirist David Sedaris? Not since the peanut butter and jelly sandwich have we inherited something so sweet and comforting yet so wickedly naughty (The Times)Thi...