Me Talk Pretty One Day
by David Sedaris
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Author: David SedarisReader: Author
Edition: Music CD
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Format: Abridged, Audiobook
Published: 2001-06-01
ISBN: 1586210661
Publisher: Hachette Audio
Book Reviews of Me Talk Pretty One Day
Book Review: I beg you, listen to him read it on CD
Summary: 5 Stars
Hearing Sedaris read his own work-Me Talk Pretty One Day-has caused me to appear like a laughing lunatic in my car, alone, as I drive to work. While I understand why his extremely dry and sarcastic take on the world might not appeal to everyone, if you find every day life a great combination of unbelievable, tragic and really funny, you will love this guy. Although I read this book several years ago and loved it, someone suggested I listen to the CD as it features Sedaris reading his own work, with the emphasis and pauses where he meant them to be. His voice itself is funny, too. If you aren't sure about buying the CD (or book) I suggest going to the website for NPR, (National Public Radio), searching the archives for him and listening to one or two pieces for free. You will be hooked. I love, love, love the pieces where he is in France with his lover Hugh, because he is very honest about being an outsider. The stuff about his family-well, if it is half-true, I'm glad he can earn a living after that crazy upbringing. There are some bonus pieces he reads to a live audience that aren't in the book, I think. I am a huge fan, and as a New York City resident, may appreciate some of his city-based stories about him starting out here more than others. Sedaris' voice creates an intimacy with the listener. I am buying this for a really sick relative who has a wicked sense of humor, because it is so funny that it could serve as medicine.
Summary of Me Talk Pretty One Day
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 towers and cashiers with 6-inch fingernails. Compared by The New Yorker to Twain and Hawthorne, Sedaris has become one of our best-loved authors. Sedaris is an amazing reader whose appearances draw hundreds, and his performancesincluding a jaw-dropping impression of Billie Holiday singing I wish I were an Oscar Meyer weinerare unforgettable. Sedariss essays on living in Paris are some of the funniest hes ever written. At last, someone even meaner than the French! The sort of blithely sophisticated, loopy humour that might have resulted if Dorothy Parker and James Thurber had had a love child. Entertainment Weekly on Barrel Fever Sidesplitting Not one of the essays in this new collection failed to crack me up; frequently I was helpless. The New York Times Book Review on Naked"It's a pretty grim world when I can't even feel superior to a toddler." Welcome to the curious mind of David Sedaris, where dogs outrank children, guitars have breasts, and French toddlers unmask the inadequacies of the American male. Sedaris inhabits this world as a misanthrope chronicling all things petty and small. In Me Talk Pretty One Day Sedaris is as determined as ever to be nobody's hero--he never triumphs, he never conquers--and somehow, with each failure, he inadvertently becomes everybody's favorite underdog. The world's most eloquent malcontent, Sedaris has turned self-deprecation into a celebrated art form--one that is perhaps best experienced in audio. "Go Carolina," his account of "the first battle of my war against the letter s" is particularly poignant. Unable to disguise the lisp that has become his trademark, Sedaris highlights (to hilarious extent) the frustration of reading "childish s-laden texts recounting the adventures of seals or settlers named Sassy or Samuel." Including 23 of the book version's 28 stories, two live performances complete with involuntary laughter, and an uncannily accurate Billie Holiday impersonation, the audio is more than a companion to the text; it stands alone as a performance piece--only without the sock monkeys. (Running time: 5 hours, 4 cassettes) --Daphne Durham
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