When You Are Engulfed In Flames

ISBN-13: 9780349116471 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 320 str.

David Sedaris

Opis

David Sedaris's ability to uncover the hilarious absurdity teeming just below the surface of everyday life is elevated to wilder and more entertaining heights in this sixth essay collection. Sedaris proceeds from bizarre conundrums of daily etiquette to the most deeply resonant human truths.

Recenzje

A virtual Klondike of darkly glittering anecdotes. Adam Mars-Jones, Observer

O autorze

David Sedaris is the author of twelve previous books, including, most recently, A Carnival of Snackery, The Best of Me, and Calypso. He is a regular contributor to the New Yorker and BBC Radio 4. In 2019, he was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Letters. He is the recipient of the Thurber Prize for American Humor, the Jonathan Swift Prize for Satire and Humor, and the Terry Southern Prize for Humor.