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Cargando... Calypso (edición 2019)por David Sedaris (Autor)
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The author’s fans and newcomers alike will be richly rewarded by this sidesplitting collection. In which the veteran humorist enters middle age with fine snark but some trepidation as well. PremiosDistincionesListas de sobresalientes
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HTML: David Sedaris returns with his most deeply personal and darkly hilarious book. If you've ever laughed your way through David Sedaris' 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' 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' darkest and warmest book yet-and it just might be his very best. .No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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Según The Guardian, el diario británico más prestigioso, «David Sedaris es el rey indiscutible de la literatura humorística». Y Calypso es su obra definitiva, la que contiene toda su risa, toda su melancolía. Chistes escatológicos con una prosa digna de Dorothy Parker, animales acomplejados, fantasmas alcohólicos y toda la ternura del mundo.
Un libro sobre ese instante en el que te das cuenta de que tu vida tiene mucho más pasado que futuro. Y echas la vista atrás, mientras sonríes.