The Resource Calypso, David Sedaris
Calypso, David Sedaris
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- Summary
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- 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 powers of observation have 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 tumor joke. Calypso is simultaneously Sedaris's darkest and warmest book yet--and it just might be his very best
- 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 powers of observation have 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 tumor joke. Calypso is simultaneously Sedaris's darkest and warmest book yet--and it just might be his very best.
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- viii, 259 pages
- Contents
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- Calypso
- A modest proposal
- Silent treatment
- Untamed
- One(s) who got away
- Sorry
- Boo-hooey
- A number of reasons I've been depressed lately
- Why aren't you laughing?
- I'm still standing
- Company man
- Spirit world
- And while you're up there, check on my prostate
- Comey memo
- Now we are five
- Little guy
- Stepping out
- A house divided
- Perfect fit
- Leviathan
- Your English is so good
- Isbn
- 9780316392389
- Label
- Calypso
- Title
- Calypso
- Statement of responsibility
- David Sedaris
- Language
- eng
- Summary
-
- 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 powers of observation have 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 tumor joke. Calypso is simultaneously Sedaris's darkest and warmest book yet--and it just might be his very best
- 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 powers of observation have 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 tumor joke. Calypso is simultaneously Sedaris's darkest and warmest book yet--and it just might be his very best.
- Summary
- A latest collection of personal essays by the best-selling author of Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls and Me Talk Pretty One Day shares even more revealing and intimate memories from his upbringing and family life
- Award
- New York Times Notable Book, 2018
- Assigning source
- Publisher's marketing
- Biography type
- contains biographical information
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 10658051
- Cataloging source
- YDX
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Sedaris, David
- Dewey number
- 814/.54
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PS3569.E314
- LC item number
- A6 2018
- Literary form
- essays
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Aging
- Mortality
- American wit and humor
- HUMOR / Form / Essays
- HUMOR / Topic / Adult
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- Calypso, David Sedaris
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- Calypso
- A modest proposal
- Silent treatment
- Untamed
- One(s) who got away
- Sorry
- Boo-hooey
- A number of reasons I've been depressed lately
- Why aren't you laughing?
- I'm still standing
- Company man
- Spirit world
- And while you're up there, check on my prostate
- Comey memo
- Now we are five
- Little guy
- Stepping out
- A house divided
- Perfect fit
- Leviathan
- Your English is so good
- Control code
- 21390430
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- viii, 259 pages
- Isbn
- 9780316392389
- Lccn
- 2017950359
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)992225285
- Label
- Calypso, David Sedaris
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- Calypso
- A modest proposal
- Silent treatment
- Untamed
- One(s) who got away
- Sorry
- Boo-hooey
- A number of reasons I've been depressed lately
- Why aren't you laughing?
- I'm still standing
- Company man
- Spirit world
- And while you're up there, check on my prostate
- Comey memo
- Now we are five
- Little guy
- Stepping out
- A house divided
- Perfect fit
- Leviathan
- Your English is so good
- Control code
- 21390430
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- viii, 259 pages
- Isbn
- 9780316392389
- Lccn
- 2017950359
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)992225285
Subject
- American wit and humor
- trueAutobiographies and memoirs
- Essays
- trueEssays
- trueFamilies
- HUMOR / Form / Essays
- HUMOR / Topic / Adult
- Humor
- trueHumor writing -- General
- trueLife stories -- Arts and culture | Writing | Authors
- Mortality
- trueSedaris, David
- trueAging -- Anecdotes
Genre
- trueHumor writing
- trueLife stories
- trueAutobiographies and memoirs
- trueAnecdotes
- trueEssays
- trueHumor
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