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4.1 AVERAGE
4.1 AVERAGE
I think it has been a while since I listened to a Sedaris book, but this one made me laugh. His writing and reading really cracks me up. This one focused a lot on the vacation home they bought in North Carolina so it was more recent stories about him and his family. If you enjoy Sedaris's humor, you'll like this one and I think its even better on audio.
Yay, a new David Sedaris book!
In Calypso, David Sedaris tells us about
-That time his sister Gretchen's prescription medication made her walk and eat in her sleep. Sometimes she just eats cold leftover turkey, but other times she eats turtle food (i.e. logs of dried dead flies) and poinsettia petals (aren't those poisonous?)
-David's Fitbit obsession (what he doesn't tell us is that while he's walking all those miles in the English countryside, he picks up trash. And he picked up so much trash last year that the queen invited him and other British do-gooders for tea)
-The turtles who live near his North Carolina beach house, especially the big turtle with the tumor on his head
-David's own tumor and what he does with it
-Lots of weird people David observed on various airplanes
-That time James Comey was staying at a beach house a few houses down
David Sedaris can make me belly laugh so hard I get cramps. I was expecting that. What I wasn't expecting from this book was
-David's dad. We already know and love his late mother from his other books, but now, in his old age (he's 92!), we get to know and love David's dad, too
-His sister Tiffany. This book marks the first time he's written extensively about this sister, who died a few years ago.
-His own mortality. David writes about his middle-agedness with candor.
I read this book in a single afternoon. I laughed (a lot) and even teared up a bit. Every new book from David Sedaris is a gift, and I will eagerly be waiting for more!
In Calypso, David Sedaris tells us about
-That time his sister Gretchen's prescription medication made her walk and eat in her sleep. Sometimes she just eats cold leftover turkey, but other times she eats turtle food (i.e. logs of dried dead flies) and poinsettia petals (aren't those poisonous?)
-David's Fitbit obsession (what he doesn't tell us is that while he's walking all those miles in the English countryside, he picks up trash. And he picked up so much trash last year that the queen invited him and other British do-gooders for tea)
-The turtles who live near his North Carolina beach house, especially the big turtle with the tumor on his head
-David's own tumor and what he does with it
-Lots of weird people David observed on various airplanes
-That time James Comey was staying at a beach house a few houses down
David Sedaris can make me belly laugh so hard I get cramps. I was expecting that. What I wasn't expecting from this book was
-David's dad. We already know and love his late mother from his other books, but now, in his old age (he's 92!), we get to know and love David's dad, too
-His sister Tiffany. This book marks the first time he's written extensively about this sister, who died a few years ago.
-His own mortality. David writes about his middle-agedness with candor.
I read this book in a single afternoon. I laughed (a lot) and even teared up a bit. Every new book from David Sedaris is a gift, and I will eagerly be waiting for more!
Full review here! http://meganprokott.com/calypso-david-sedaris//review
My first ever Sedaris and definitely will not be my last. I haven't laughed out loud while reading this much in forever.
My first ever Sedaris and definitely will not be my last. I haven't laughed out loud while reading this much in forever.
He always makes me laugh. This book is no exception. I could have *read* the book from a page, but let’s be honest: hearing Sedaris’ delivery always makes it even funnier. I can not recommend this book more than five stars, but I believe it deserves something more like 7.
Dużo cynizmu (tyle dobrze, że uzasadnionego), ale też zwyczajnego chamstwa. Tu śmieje się z innych, a parę linijek dalej, żeby zneutralizować przykry posmak własnych słów, śmieje się z samego siebie. Miotacz dysonansów. Zirytował mnie rozdział o oczekiwaniach Sedarisa wobec pracowników usług. Typ nie może przeboleć, że wszędzie wita się go tymi samym słowami i zadaje te same pytania. Że to przecież wystarczy się postarać, spróbować inaczej, zaskoczyć go, wejść z nim w jakiś głębszy, intymny dialog. No nie wiem, jak w liceum pracowałam w makdonaldzie to prawie płakałam z radości, gdy dostawałam przydział dbania o porządek na sali i czyszczenia kiblów. To wiele mówi o rasie ludzkiej, jeśli po kilkunastu interakcjach zamiast z nimi rozmawiać, wolisz babrać się w ich gównie. Mnie zachwyca, jak drugi człowiek, a zwłaszcza pracownik usług, którego uszy po jednej dniówce wysłuchiwania bezpodstawnych pretensji puchną do rozmiaru arbuza, jest dla mnie zwyczajnie uprzejmy.
Nie zrozumcie mnie źle, to dobra książka. I chyba nawet ją polecam. Ot, we mnie raczej nie zostanie na dłużej. Duży plus za świetny przekład Piotra Tarczyńskiego!
Nie zrozumcie mnie źle, to dobra książka. I chyba nawet ją polecam. Ot, we mnie raczej nie zostanie na dłużej. Duży plus za świetny przekład Piotra Tarczyńskiego!
funny
reflective
fast-paced
Vintage Sedaris, albeit a little quieter and more circumspect. Comes with age I suspect...
The answer to the question: if you could have dinner with anyone alive or dead who would it be?? Will always include Amy & David Sedaris. I love them.
3.7 stars. An entertaining, easy, and noncommittal read. Pretty funny, too; more so in the second half.