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CALYPSO PB

Sedaris, David

Εκδότης Little Brown , ISBN 9780349141893

If you've ever laughed your way through David Sedaris's cheerfully misanthropic stories,
you might think you know what you're getting with Calypso. You'd be wrong.
When he buys a beach house on the Carolina coast, Sedaris envisions long, relaxing
vacations spent playing board games and lounging in the sun with those he loves most.
And life at the Sea Section, as he names the vacation home, is exactly as idyllic as he
imagined, except for one tiny, vexing realization: it's impossible to take a vacation from
yourself.
With Calypso, Sedaris sets his formidable powers of observation toward middle age and
mortality. Make no mistake: these stories are very, very funny - it's a book that can
make you laugh 'til you snort, the way only family can. Sedaris's writing has never been
sharper, and his ability to shock readers into laughter unparalleled. But much of the
comedy here is born out of that vertiginous moment when your own body betrays you
and you realize that the story of your life is made up of more past than future.
This is beach reading for people who detest beaches, required reading for those who
loathe small talk and love a good tumour joke. Calypso is simultaneously Sedaris's
darkest and warmest book yet - and it just might be his very best.

Περίληψη

If you've ever laughed your way through David Sedaris's cheerfully misanthropic stories,
you might think you know what you're getting with Calypso. You'd be wrong.
When he buys a beach house on the Carolina coast, Sedaris envisions long, relaxing
vacations spent playing board games and lounging in the sun with those he loves most.
And life at the Sea Section, as he names the vacation home, is exactly as idyllic as he
imagined, except for one tiny, vexing realization: it's impossible to take a vacation from
yourself.
With Calypso, Sedaris sets his formidable powers of observation toward middle age and
mortality. Make no mistake: these stories are very, very funny - it's a book that can
make you laugh 'til you snort, the way only family can. Sedaris's writing has never been
sharper, and his ability to shock readers into laughter unparalleled. But much of the
comedy here is born out of that vertiginous moment when your own body betrays you
and you realize that the story of your life is made up of more past than future.
This is beach reading for people who detest beaches, required reading for those who
loathe small talk and love a good tumour joke. Calypso is simultaneously Sedaris's
darkest and warmest book yet - and it just might be his very best.

Πληροφορίες προϊόντος

  • Συγγραφέας Sedaris, David
  • Eκδότης Little Brown
  • ISBN 9780349141893
  • Κωδικός Ευριπίδη 040100070136
  • Έτος κυκλοφορίας 2019
  • Σελίδες 272
  • Διαστάσεις
  • Βάρος 250 gr

Sedaris, David

Συγγραφέας

Ο Ντέιβιντ Σεντάρις γεννήθηκε το 1957 από Έλληνα πατέρα και Αμερικανίδα μητέρα στην πολιτεία της Νέας Υόρκης. Θεατρικός συγγραφέας, χιουμορίστας και ηθοποιός, τακτικός σχολιαστής στο National Public Radio, έχει γράψει τα best sellers: "Barrel Fever", 1994, "Naked", 1997 (ιστορίες, ελλ. εκδ. "Γυμνός", Μελάνι, 2007), "Holidays on Ice", 1997, "Me Talk Pretty One Day", 2000 (ιστορίες, ελλ. εκδ. "Εγκώ μιλήσει καλά κάποια μέρα", Μελάνι, 2006), "Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim", 2004 (ιστορίες, ελλ. εκδ. "Μια σχεδόν φυσιολογική οικογένεια", Μελάνι, 2006), και "When you are Engulfed in Flames", 2008 (ιστορίες, ελλ. εκδ. "Όταν σας έχουν τυλίξει οι φλόγες", Μελάνι, 2009). Το χιούμορ του, πολλές φορές αυτοσαρκαστικό, αναφέρεται σε θέματα όπως η μικροαστική του ανατροφή στη Βόρεια Καρολίνα, οι ελληνικές ρίζες, το σχολείο, τα ναρκωτικά και η ομοφυλοφιλία. Τα βιβλία του είχαν πουλήσει μέχρι και το 2008, αθροιστικά, περισσότερα από 7 εκ. αντίτυπα. Είναι τακτικός συνεργάτης του περιοδικού The New Yorker και του BBC Radio 4. Ζει στην Αγγλία.

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