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  • Racconti giustapposti ricostruiscono un'autobiografia.

    Funziona così generalmente: Sedaris intreccia due temi, uno prettamente comico fondato sul malinteso, l'altro, amaro, con caratteristiche disturbanti (perversione, tristezza, lutto, crudeltà, mutilazione, ad libitum).

    E' irresistibi ... Continue

    Racconti giustapposti ricostruiscono un'autobiografia.

    Funziona così generalmente: Sedaris intreccia due temi, uno prettamente comico fondato sul malinteso, l'altro, amaro, con caratteristiche disturbanti (perversione, tristezza, lutto, crudeltà, mutilazione, ad libitum).

    E' irresistibile: vedi l'appartamento ideale e irraggiungibile finalmente scovato nella casa di Anna Frank in Olanda, la litigata della coppia gay intorno ad una mano di gomma, il fratello neo-padre tamarro buffo, eppure tragico perché padre di una figlia che rimarrà fatalmente unica, ecc.

    (Ok, non lo so raccontare, ma uno, a leggerlo, ride e si sente male contemporaneamente: il massimo.)

    

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  • This book is quite funny, but I did feel like it had it's weak moments. A few of the stories felt pointless and maybe a bit forced. The ones that are good, though, are really really good.

    

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• ― Hold Your Spin said on Dec 5, 2007 about the Hardcover edition| Add your feedback

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  • When asked who the ideal person to sit next to during a trans-continental flight would be, he replied, "Terri Schiavo".

    

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• ― Bibliobum said on Jun 13, 2008 about the Paperback edition| Add your feedback

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  • facciamo due stelle e mezzo per il confronto con me parlare bello un giorno che mi era piaciuto un po' di più.

    

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• ― LauraCio said on Oct 5, 2009 about the Paperback edition| Add your feedback

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  • Robert Fulghum with a weird weird edge.

    

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• ― screamingbanshee (aloi) said on May 16, 2009 about the Hardcover edition| Add your feedback

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  • Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim

  • This book was quite enjoyable. The funniest stories are those concerning Sedaris's delightfully dysfunctional family. I certainly plan to read more books by this author.

    

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• ― Ukdawg said on Aug 15, 2008 about the Paperback edition| Add your feedback

Hilarious, elegant, and surprisingly moving tales of all too ordinary madness......Do yourself a favor and rush out to read the damn book for yourself.' -Washington Post In this phenomenal #1 bestseller, 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?

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