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Pub. Date
2004.
Language
English
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Description
David Sedaris plays in the snow with his sisters. He goes on vacation with his family. He gets a job selling drinks. He attends his brother's wedding. He mops his sister's floor. He gives directions to a lost traveler. He eats a hamburger. He has his blood sugar tested. It all sounds so normal, doesn't it? In his newest collection of essays, David Sedaris lifts the corner of ordinary life, revealing the absurdity teeming below its surface. His...
Author
Series
Library of America volume 60-61
Publisher
The Library of America
Pub. Date
[1992]
Language
English
Author
Series
Library of America volume 90
Publisher
Literary Classics of the United States
Pub. Date
[1996]
Language
English
4) The great duck misunderstanding & other stories: the very best of American fishing & hunting humor
Publisher
Willow Creek Press
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Author
Language
English
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Description
James Thurber's unique ability to convey the vagaries of life in a funny, witty, and often satirical way earned him accolades as one of the finest humorists of the twentieth century. A bestseller upon its initial publication in 1945, The Thurber Carnival captures the depth of his talent and the breadth of his wit. The stories compiled here, almost all of which first appeared in The New Yorker, are from his uproarious and candid collection My World...
6) Calypso
Author
Language
English
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Description
Personal essays share the author's adventures after buying a vacation house on the Carolina coast and his reflections on middle age and mortality.
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