Naked
In Naked, David Sedaris's message alternately rendered in Fakespeare, Italian, Spanish, and pidgin Greek is the same: pay attention to me.
Whether he's taking to the road with a thieving quadriplegic, sorting out the fancy from the extra-fancy in a bleak fruit-packing factory, or celebrating Christmas in the company of a recently paroled prostitute, this collection of memoirs creates a wickedly incisive portrait of an all-too-familiar world. It takes Sedaris from his humiliating bout with obsessive behavior in "A Plague of Tics" to the title story, where he is finally forced to face his naked self in the mirrored sunglasses of a lunatic. At this soulful and moving moment, he picks potato chip crumbs from his pubic hair and wonders what it all means.
This remarkable journey into his own life follows a path of self-effacement and a lifelong search for identity, leaving him both under suspicion and overdressed.
9780316779494
9781609417659
9781568954868
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Grouped Work ID | 7854c475-f33d-9334-eb27-be885743068f |
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Grouping Title | naked |
Grouping Author | david sedaris |
Grouping Category | book |
Grouping Language | English (eng) |
Last Grouping Update | 2024-05-03 22:17:21PM |
Last Indexed | 2024-05-03 22:20:27PM |
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In Naked, David Sedaris's message alternately rendered in Fakespeare, Italian, Spanish, and pidgin Greek is the same: pay attention to me.
Whether he's taking to the road with a thieving quadriplegic, sorting out the fancy from the extra-fancy in a bleak fruit-packing factory, or celebrating Christmas in the company of a recently paroled prostitute, this collection of memoirs creates a wickedly incisive portrait of an all-too-familiar world. It takes Sedaris from his humiliating bout with obsessive behavior in "A Plague of Tics" to the title story, where he is finally forced to face his naked self in the mirrored sunglasses of a lunatic. At this soulful and moving moment, he picks potato chip crumbs from his pubic hair and wonders what it all means.
This remarkable journey into his own life follows a path of self-effacement and a lifelong search for identity, leaving him both under suspicion and overdressed.
Books
eBook
Large Print
eAudiobook
9780316779494
9781568954868
9781609417659
ADULT LARGE PRINT
ADULT PAPERBACK
LEAP 28 Day Book
Non Fiction
PBK 814.54 SED
Essex Library Association Online
Online OverDrive Collection
1998
2011
Hachette Book Group
Little, Brown and Co
Wheeler Pub
Sedaris, David
United States -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Humor
Naked / David Sedaris
Humor (Nonfiction)
Humorists, American
Nonfiction
Sedaris, David
Social life and customs
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