Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim
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| Verlag | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Auflage | 2004 |
| Seiten | 272 |
| Format | 12,5 x 20 x 2,7 cm |
| Gewicht | 211 g |
| Artikeltyp | Englisches Buch |
| ISBN-10 | 0349116709 |
| EAN | 9780349116709 |
| Bestell-Nr | 34911670EA |
Neue Geschichten aus der Hölle, die Familie heißt. Der vergötterte Vater ist in Wirklichkeit ein peinlicher Wicht, die Mutter hat dich sowieso nie verstanden, die Kameraden sind alle cooler und reicher als du. David Sedaris versteht es, die Schrecken des Jungseins und des Familienlebens so haarsträubend komisch und charmant zu schildern, dass sich plötzlich alle kleinen und großen Katastrophen der Jugend wie eine urkomische Autobiografie lesen.
Klappentext:
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.
Rezension:
So often Sedaris's phrasing is beautiful in its piquancy and minimalism...His life is extraordinary in so many ways - the drug addiction, the eccentric family, the crazy jobs, the fame, the globetrotting - but one of the more unlikely achievements here is in making it all seem quite ordinary. Ultimately, his masterstroke is in acting as a bystander in his own story Guardian