Me Talk Pretty One Day
By David Sedaris
- Release Date: 2009-05-04
- Genre: Humor
Description
This vibrant collection of expat essays from legendary humorist David Sedaris is a cause for jubiliation.
Sedaris's move to Paris in the early aughts inspired hilarious pieces, such as "Me Talk Pretty One Day", about his attempts to learn French. His family is another inspiration—"You Cant Kill the Rooster" is a portrait of his brother who talks incessant hip-hop slang to his bewildered father. And no one hones a finer fury in response to such modern annoyances as restaurant meals presented in ludicrous towers and cashiers with 6-inch fingernails.
Compared by The New Yorker to Twain and Hawthorne, Sedaris is one of America's best-loved authors, and his biting essays on living in Paris are some of the funniest he's ever written. (At last, someone even meaner than the French!) The sort of blithely sophisticated, loopy humour that might have resulted if Dorothy Parker and James Thurber had a love child.
“If you’re looking for some comic relief, look no further than David Sedaris.” ―NPR
Reviews
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5By grant gibbonsGreat book. Cracked up at first part. David sure is funny😂
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3By i y ubbg bythisAbsolutely Extraordinary
5By Indigo💙I love his and his sister's work with all my heart. Out of them both, this is my favorite book behind the Sedaris family.Enjoyed immensely
5By Words it êtreGreat book. I rarely find a book that makes me laugh out loud, but this one did.Laughed out loud
5By LuanaJuneI read this book about 10 years ago. I made the mistake of laying down to read, a ritual for me because I can't read 3 pages of any book without dozing off. Needless to say, I did not drift off to sleep as planned. I was laughing so hard I literally rolled out of bed. Favorite chapter? "Can't kill the rooster".Hilarious!
5By Tara.DactylUnforgettable, laugh out loud funny! Thanks David ;-)Funniest book I have ever read!
5By TwinMama2008I have yet to discover a humorist as funny as Dave Sedaris in this particular book. His masterpiece!!! LOL funny!!!!Me Talk Pretty One Day
5By RuRuReTruly laugh out loud funny. I read this in one sitting. So entertaining I did not want to put it down.Me Talk Pretty One Day
5By rrrtistLaughed out Loud funnyGood read
4By RobbybadDefinitely not a traditional story. Each chapter seems to take itself into a short rant or rave about something pretty interesting. I liked it. Breaks the mold of a traditional book or story.Brilliant!
5By EmichoEverything David Sedaris writes is brilliant, but this is his best. Refreshingly honest, hilarious & yet, deep.
