Me Talk Pretty One Day
2004
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Unabridged edition
Hachette Audio (Verlag)
978-1-4055-0037-1 (ISBN)
Hachette Audio (Verlag)
978-1-4055-0037-1 (ISBN)
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This title is a collection of personal essays.
ME TALK PRETTY ONE DAY tells a most unconventional life story. It begins with a North Carolina childhood filled with speech-therapy classes ('There was the lisp, of course, but more troubling than that was my voice itself, with its excitable tone and high, girlish pitch') and unwanted guitar lessons taught by a midget. From budding performance artist ('The only crimp in my plan was that I seemed to have no talent whatsoever') to 'clearly unqualified' writing teacher in Chicago, Sedaris's career leads him to New York City and eventually, of all places, France. The move to Paris poses a number of challenges, chief among them his inability to speak the language. Arriving a 'spooky man-child' capable of communicating only through nouns, he undertakes language instruction that leads him ever deeper into cultural confusion. Whether desribing the Easter bunny to puzzled classmates or watching a group of men play soccer with a cow, Sedaris brings a view and a voice like no other.
ME TALK PRETTY ONE DAY tells a most unconventional life story. It begins with a North Carolina childhood filled with speech-therapy classes ('There was the lisp, of course, but more troubling than that was my voice itself, with its excitable tone and high, girlish pitch') and unwanted guitar lessons taught by a midget. From budding performance artist ('The only crimp in my plan was that I seemed to have no talent whatsoever') to 'clearly unqualified' writing teacher in Chicago, Sedaris's career leads him to New York City and eventually, of all places, France. The move to Paris poses a number of challenges, chief among them his inability to speak the language. Arriving a 'spooky man-child' capable of communicating only through nouns, he undertakes language instruction that leads him ever deeper into cultural confusion. Whether desribing the Easter bunny to puzzled classmates or watching a group of men play soccer with a cow, Sedaris brings a view and a voice like no other.
David Sedaris lives in France and UK. Raised in North Carolina, he has worked as a housecleaner and most famously, as a part-time elf for Macy's. Several of his plays have been produced, and his essays are featured regularly on BBC radio and in THE NEW YORKER and ESQUIRE.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 3.6.2004 |
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| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 139 x 106 mm |
| Themenwelt | Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte |
| Literatur ► Essays / Feuilleton | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-4055-0037-9 / 1405500379 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-4055-0037-1 / 9781405500371 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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