Name: When You Are Engulfed In Flames von David Sedaris
SKU: 9781600241826
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When You Are Engulfed In Flames Zusammenfassung

When You Are Engulfed In Flames David Sedaris

David Sedaris's remarkable ability to uncover the hilarious absurdity teeming just below the surface of everyday life is elevated to wilder and more entertaining heights than ever in this new book of stories. Sedaris proceeds from bizarre conundrums of daily life - the etiquette of having a lozenge fall from your mouth into the lap of a fellow passenger or how to soundproof your windows with LP covers against neurotic songbirds - to the most deeply resonant human truths. Taking in the parasitic worm that once lived in his mother-in-law's leg, an encounter with a dingo and the purchase of a human skeleton, and culminating in a brilliant account of his attempt to quit smoking - in Tokyo - David Sedaris's sixth story collection is a fresh masterpiece of comic writing.

When You Are Engulfed In Flames Bewertungen

There are pages in this short story collection that made me giggle so violently that my lungs hurt * THE TIMES *
He has a lovely, sinuous way of writing, saving the gag until you've forgotten you were expecting one. * SUNDAY TIMES *
Good stuff * SUNDAY TELEGRAPH *
A humourist in the Woody Allen mould * INDEPENDENT *

Über David Sedaris

David Sedaris is the author of twelve previous books, including, most recently, A Carnival of Snackery, The Best of Me, and Calypso. He is a regular contributor to the New Yorker and BBC Radio 4. In 2019, he was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Letters. He is the recipient of the Thurber Prize for American Humor, the Jonathan Swift Prize for Satire and Humor, and the Terry Southern Prize for Humor. David Sedaris is the author of twelve previous books, including, most recently, A Carnival of Snackery, The Best of Me, and Calypso. He is a regular contributor to the New Yorker and BBC Radio 4. In 2019, he was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Letters. He is the recipient of the Thurber Prize for American Humor, the Jonathan Swift Prize for Satire and Humor, and the Terry Southern Prize for Humor.

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Sku

GOR010725089

ISBN 13

9781600241826

ISBN 10

1600241824

Titel

When You Are Engulfed In Flames David Sedaris

Autor

David Sedaris

Zustand

Gebraucht - Wie Neu

Bindung

Gebundene Ausgabe

Verlag

Little, Brown & Company

Datum

20080703

Preise

Winner of Audies (Narration Author(s)) 2009 Commended for Audies (Humor) 2009 Commended for Listen Up (Best of) 2008 Short-listed for Grammy Awards (Spoken Word) (Spoken Word Album) 2008

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