David Sedaris

EL MÁXIMO EXPONENTE DE LA TRAGICOMEDIA AMERICANA «Un precioso antídoto contra la tristeza o el miedo. Sedaris lo merece todo.» BOB POP «Humor devastador para contar cosas tristes. Falsa frivolidad q

Sedaris se va a la playa, en la costa de Carolina, para intentar desconectar de todo, pero no puede huir de sí mismo. Ni de su familia. Ni de su trabajo. Ni de su adicción a la pulserita que le cuenta los pasos. Ni del suicidio de su hermana. Ni de su padre de derechas. Ni de Donald Trump. ¿La unica solucion? Reirse de si mismo y de sus miserias como catarsis necesaria para seguir viviendo.Segun The Guardian, el diario britanico mas prestigioso, David Sedaris es el rey indiscutible de la literatura humoristica. Y Calypso es su obra definitiva, la que contiene toda su risa, toda su melancolia. Chistes escatologicos con una prosa digna de Dorothy Parker, animales acomplejados, fantasmas alcoholicos y toda la ternura del mundo.Un libro sobre ese instante en el que te das cuenta de que tu vida tiene mucho mas pasado que futuro. Y echas la vista atras, mientras sonries.

PANXACONTENT Quan la teva vida queda marcada pels abusos familiars i les morts de persones estimades, l?humor esdevé un escut per defensar i una espasa per ferir. La comicitat de Sedaris és una arma de doble tall, que tant pot traspuar la tendresa de l?innocent com la fredor de qui te el pare sedat abans de morir. Imaginem-nos-ho: Soc un zombi, li diu el pare al caire de la mort, i a ell nomes li surt de dir: En realitat, no. Els zombis caminen i mengen solid. Tu ets mes aviat un vegetal. David Sedaris Es escriptor, humorista i articulista a The New York Times. Fill d?una mare que el deixava fora de casa congelat en dies de neu i un pare que quan no hi havia ningu li revisava el cul al lavabo de dalt per buscar hemorroides, viu a Anglaterra, on passa fred amb el pintor Hugh Hamrick, un eriço i dues granotes.

Un libro di racconti pieno di humor caustico del celebre autore e conduttore radiofonico americano. Dalla sue eroica resistenza ai tentativi di una logopedista di correggere un difetto di pronuncia, alle spassose imprese con Victor Mancini, nano insegnante letteralmente ossessionato dai seni femminili, alle sue peripezie con la lingua francese: ogni episodio e un'occasione per le sue osservazioni a volte ciniche, a volte oltraggiose, a volte sarcastiche, ma sempre divertentissime.

EL MÁXIMO EXPONENTE DE LA TRAGICOMEDIA AMERICANA «Un precioso antídoto contra la tristeza o el miedo. Sedaris lo merece todo.» BOB POP «Humor devastador para contar cosas tristes. Falsa frivolidad q

EL MÁXIMO EXPONENTE DE LA TRAGICOMEDIA AMERICANA«Un precioso antídoto contra la tristeza o el miedo. Sedaris lo merece todo.»BOB POP«Humor devastador para contar cosas tristes. Falsa frivolidad que t

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.

This collection of sharply observed animal-themed tales is a delight, told with David Sedaris's trademark blend of hilarity and goodnaturedness Though the characters may not be human, the situations in these stories bear an uncanny resemblance to the insanity of our own everyday interactions In 'The Toad, the Turtle, and the Duck', three strangers commiserate about animal bureaucracy while waiting in a complaint line...

#1-Bestseller der New York TimesDen betorend geheimnisvollen Namen Calypso teilen sich unter anderem eine griechische Meeresnymphe, ein afrikanisch-karibischer Tanzrhythmus und ein Saturnmond. Fragt man David Sedaris, ist Calypso ein besonders bescheuerter Name fur eine Katze. Aber auch ein betorend geheimnisvoller Titel fur die lang erwartete neue Geschichtensammlung eines der erfolgreichsten Humoristen unserer Zeit, der es wie kein anderer versteht, zarte Schonheit im Hasslichen zu entdecken und die banale Komik des schonen Scheins zu entlarven.Die autobiografischen Geschichten in Calypso kreisen um das solare Zentrum der Familie. In den Ferien und an Feiertagen kommt der Sedaris-Clan zusammen, im elterlichen Strandhaus, spater in David Sedaris eigener Zuflucht mit Meerblick, und flickt am generationsubergreifenden Quilt aus gescheiterten Beziehungen, tragischen Toden, spaten Einsichten - und hartnackiger Liebe zu den Freunden, die man sich nicht aussuchen kann.

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.

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, virtually creating his own genre. A Sedaris story may seem confessional, but is also highly attuned to the world outside. It opens our eyes to what is at absurd and moving about our daily existence. And it is almost impossible to read without laughing.

David Sedaris, the champion storyteller, (Los Angeles Times) returns with his first new collection of personal essays since the bestselling Calypso.Back when restaurant menus were still printed on paper, and wearing a maskor notwas a decision made mostly on Halloween, David Sedaris spent his time doing normal things. As Happy-Go-Lucky opens, he is learning to shoot guns with his sister, visiting muddy flea markets in Serbia, buying gummy worms to feed to ants, and telling his nonagenarian father wheelchair jokes.But then the pandemic hits, and like so many others, hes stuck in lockdown, unable to tour and read for audiences, the part of his work he loves most. To cope, he walks for miles through a nearly deserted city, smelling only his own breath. He vacuums his apartment twice a day, fails to hoard anything, and contemplates how sex workers and acupuncturists might be getting by during quarantine.