Me Talk Pretty One Day
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| Rating | : | 4.68 (894 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B0000547MZ |
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| Number of Pages | : | 360 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-08-21 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Stick with it through slow start Athenany I felt like this book got off to a slow start. The author's childhood reminisces were not as entertaining to me as his description of living in France as an expat. The stories about his French lessons and his wanderings in Paris were hilarious. The second half is enjoyable enough to slog through the first half.. "David is the best" according to Pambedelia. This is my favorite (so far) of all his books. 9 years ago I listened to him narrate this while driving 8 hours during a stressful move in a tiny car with four cats and three big dogs, and it saved my sanity. I recently read it again and remembered why I love him so much. Funny and sardonic, he laughs at himself even more than anyone else, and in his sly, funny way of looking at life, charms the socks off you. My favorite part is when he attempts to speak French to the butcher.. "Not for me I just don't get it?" according to Bart Lasky. I know I'm in the majority here but really, I just don't get it. Just to be perfectly clear I'm a little older then his "normal" audience (I'm 59) but I rarely cracked a smile. It seems like he is just a self absorbed person who has a interesting take on "normal" situations but it was a downer and not something I would ever recommend.
David Sedaris' move to Paris from New York inspired these hilarious pieces, including the title essay, about his attempts to learn French from a sadistic teacher who declares that "every day spent with you is like having a caesarean section". "You Can't 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 of food and cashiers with six-inch fingernails.. His family is another inspiration
"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. 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. Unable to disguise the lisp that has become his trademark, Sedaris highlights (to hilarious extent) the frustration of