When You Are Engulfed in Flames
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| Rating | : | 4.14 (880 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B001AWVRYK |
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| Number of Pages | : | 431 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-05-18 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Sedaris's brilliant magnum opus, The Smoking Section (about his successful trip to Tokyo is quit smoking) stretches across the final two CDs. Happily, four of the 22 pieces are live recordings, and listeners can hear Sedaris's energy increase from the roaring, rolling laughter of the appreciative audience. Sedaris's sparkling essays always shimmer more brightly when read aloud by the author. Sedaris's studio recording of his 10-page Of Mice and Men runs 16 minutes, while the live recording of Town and Country, which runs the same length in print, expands to 22 minutes thanks to an audience that often doesn't let him finish a sentence without making him pause for laughter to subside. The studio recordings usually begin with an acoustic bass and brief sound effect (a buzzing fly, the lighting of a cigarette, the clinking of ice in a drink, etc.). (Ju
In essay after essay, Sedaris proceeds from bizarre conundrums of daily life-having a lozenge fall from your mouth into the lap of a fellow passenger on a plane or armoring the windows with LP covers to protect the house from neurotic songbirds-to the most deeply resonant human truths. Culminating in a brilliant account of his venture to Tokyo in order to quit smoking, David Sedaris's sixth essay collection is a new masterpiece of comic writing from "a writer worth treasuring" (Seattle Times). Praise for When You Are Eng
"This book saved my marriage" according to A. Gold. So where "Me Talk Pretty One Day" began the process of ripping my marriage apart at bedtime -- my silent, yet violent laughter forcing my husband to sleep on the couch -- "When You Are Engulfed in Flames" is helping to heal our marriage. One night I slipped into bed, alone, and started to read loudly from the chapter "That's Amore". Despite my laughter, snorts and breaks to wipe laughter te. "Definitely good" according to Ollie Ray. I really enjoyed how this book flowed as though I was reading someone's thoughts. Sedaris is a great thinker in the sense that he picks up on a lot I imagine most people would heed no attention to, and then find some humor in it. The book is not a barrage of laugh out loud moments, but it is a good cache of smiles and Silent chuckles. The only problem I had with it was that a lot of the boo. Renee said Great book!. I truly love any book written by David Sedaris. He is so unique in his writing and makes me laugh out loud. He also picks up on things you might otherwise take for granted and turns them into the best stories. Every story, no matter what it's about, feels like an adventure to me where I can really see what he is describing and feel like I'm there too.