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Laddar... Calypso (utgåvan 2019)av David Sedaris (Författare)
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Gå med i LibraryThing för att få reda på om du skulle tycka om den här boken. Det finns inga diskussioner på LibraryThing om den här boken. I have long appreciated David Sedaris’s humor. His latest book, Calypso, uses humor to tackle some darker subjects, like his late mother’s alcoholism, his sister Tiffany’s suicide, his father’s aging, and the 2016 presidential election. He forgives no one, including himself, for their less than stellar moments, and comes off in this non-fiction book that reads like journal entries like a loveable curmudgeon. Despite that the subject matter in these vignettes is family and death, the book never felt dark and heavy, because Mr. Sedaris’s humor was liberally sprinkled throughout. ( ) When it comes to David Sedaris, audiobooks are always better than print ones. Especially since he is the one narrating. It feels good to get a Sedaris book from time to time and listen to his take on life. I can even hear his comments as I go about my own day, for example when the cashier at the grocery store asks about my plans for the weekend. Sedaris is insightful and entertaining. But Mr. Sedaris: I really did not need to hear what you did with your lipoma. That was a little too much information. Calypso is filled with comedic gems that will make you grin. The stuff about the Fitbit (tracking device for number of steps) builds as David Sedaris becomes obsessive about increasing steps from 10,000 to 60,000. He ignores the pain in his collapsed legs just, so he can hit the next level. I love the line where he tells his husband, “If anything happens to me, you should find another partner. I have this attractive man just for you.” Hugh, David’s husband answers “What would I want with an attractive partner?” There are moments of tenderness and depth when David tells stories about his father and his sister that committed suicide.
The author’s fans and newcomers alike will be richly rewarded by this sidesplitting collection. In which the veteran humorist enters middle age with fine snark but some trepidation as well. PriserPrestigefyllda urvalUppmärksammade listor
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HTML:David Sedaris returns with his most deeply personal and darkly hilarious book. If you've ever laughed your way through David Sedaris's cheerfully misanthropic stories, you might think you know what you're getting with Calypso. You'd be wrong. When he buys a beach house on the Carolina coast, Sedaris envisions long, relaxing vacations spent playing board games and lounging in the sun with those he loves most. And life at the Sea Section, as he names the vacation home, is exactly as idyllic as he imagined, except for one tiny, vexing realization: it's impossible to take a vacation from yourself. With Calypso, Sedaris sets his formidable powers of observation toward middle age and mortality. Make no mistake: these stories are very, very funny??it's a book that can make you laugh 'til you snort, the way only family can. Sedaris's powers of observation have never been sharper, and his ability to shock readers into laughter unparalleled. But much of the comedy here is born out of that vertiginous moment when your own body betrays you and you realize that the story of your life is made up of more past than future. This is beach reading for people who detest beaches, required reading for those who loathe small talk and love a good tumor joke. Calypso is simultaneously Sedaris's darkest and warmest book yet??and it just might be his very Inga biblioteksbeskrivningar kunde hittas. |
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