David Sedaris

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.

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.

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

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...

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.

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

#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.

Sátira mordaz, el autor de Cíclopes ejemplifica en cada uno de estos relatos al americano atribulado que intenta aprender francés en la antigua ciudad luz. Un profesor de escritura creativa que comete enormes fallos ortograficos, un niño que hace terapia de pronunciacion... el mundo hilarante de este popular escritor instalado en Paris.

Another collection by bestselling satiric essayist David Sedaris, author of NAKED and ME TALK PRETTY ONE DAY and frequent contributor to the public radio show THIS AMERICAN LIFE. Some of the essays are in the laugh-out-loud vein to which Sedaris fans are accustomed, including an over-the-top look at Dutch Christmas traditions, and Sedaris's encounter with some lost tourists as he is drowning a mouse. But many of the works provided here, while still touched with dry humor, are more poignant pieces about his eccentric, troubled family, including observations on his mother's alcoholism, his father's inability to talk directly to Sedaris about Sedaris's homosexuality, and his sister Lisa's resentment of his relentless mining of their shared past in his essays. As always, Sedaris manages to seek out the bizarre in daily life, whether he is reminiscing about the past or musing about the present.

David Sedaris plays in the snow with his sisters. He goes on vacation with his family. He gets a job selling drinks. He attends his brother's wedding. He mops his sister's floor. He gives directions to a lost traveller. He eats a hamburger. He has his blood sugar tested. It all sounds so normal, doesn't it? In his new book David Sedaris lifts the corner of ordinary life, revealing the absurdity teeming below its surface. His world is alive with obscure desires and hidden motives - a world where forgiveness is automatic and an argument can be the highest form of love. Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim finds one of the wittiest and most original writers at work today at the peak of his form.