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David Sedaris and Ian Falconer make a spectacular splash with this tale of a monster turned ugly—stuck with a human face!In this beautifully gross picture book, Anna Van Ogre’s lovely monster face turns into that of a sickeningly adorable, rosy-cheeked little girl—and it’s not switching back! Can she find a way to stop looking like an ugly human and regain her gorgeous monstrosity of a face? The dynamic duo of nationally acclaimed comedian David Sedaris and renowned children's book author Ian Falconer comes together to ponder the perpetually relevant is true beauty really on the inside?

Als Speisekarten noch aus Papier sind und die Entscheidung, eine Maske zu tragen oder nicht, nur an Halloween relevant ist, beschäftigt sich David Sedaris größtenteils mit den normalen Dingen des Alltags - er besucht mit seiner Schwester einen Schießstand, streift über schlammige serbische Flohmärkte und kauft Gummiwürmer, um Ameisen zu füttern. Doch dann kommen Pandemie und Lockdown: Er wandert stundenlang durch ein leergefegtes New York City, in der Nase nur seinen eigenen Atem, und macht sich Gedanken darüber, wie Sexarbeiterinnen und Akupunkteure wohl die Quarantäne überstehen. Als sich die Welt langsam in einer neuen Realität wiederfindet und er wieder auf Tour geht, entdeckt Sedaris ein gespaltenes Amerika, dessen unterschiedliche Lager sich in Graffitis verewigen: Eat the Rich. Trump 2024. Black Lives Matter.

In seinen zum Kult gewordenen Aufzeichnungen erkundet David Sedaris seltsame Frisuren, passiv-aggressive Konversationen in Postämtern und verunglückte Pointen des Smalltalks. Keinen schmutzigen Witz unterschlagend untermauert Sedaris seine Qualitäten als brillanter Beobachter und sein einzigartiges Ohr für das Bizarre. Seine Tagebücher erinnern uns daran, dass wir einst George W. Bush gehasst haben und dass Donald Trump vor nicht allzu langer Zeit nur eine harmlose Witzfigur war. Die Zeit vergeht und Sedaris dokumentiert sie, an seinem Schreibtisch oder im Flugzeug, in Speisesälen von Hotels und schrägen japanischen Pensionen. Aus den kleinen Alltagsgeschichten wird ein Abbild des politischen Weltverlaufs, mal süß, mal bitter im Abgang, aber immer lustig.

David Sedaris returns with a new collection of personal essays, reflecting on life before and during the pandemic. As "Happy-Go-Lucky" begins, he shares experiences like learning to shoot guns with his sister, visiting flea markets in Serbia, and making jokes with his elderly father. However, everything changes when the pandemic strikes, forcing him into lockdown and halting his beloved tours. To cope, he walks through a nearly deserted city, vacuums his apartment frequently, and ponders the lives of those struggling during quarantine. As the world adapts to a new normal, Sedaris finds himself transformed. After an awkward encounter while trying to help a stranger, he gains newfound confidence and reflects on being newly orphaned in his seventh decade. Venturing back into a changed America, he observes a landscape marked by weariness, empty storefronts, and graffiti that captures the complexities of contemporary life—messages like "Eat the Rich," "Trump 2024," and "Black Lives Matter" abound. In this collection, Sedaris masterfully conveys the unexpected humor and poignancy of recent upheavals, both personal and societal, while articulating the misanthropy and longing for connection that resonate with us all.

"There's no right way to keep a diary, but if there's an entertaining way, David Sedaris seems to have mastered it. If it's navel-gazing you're after, you've come to the wrong place; ditto treacly self-examination. Rather, his observation turn outward: a fight between two men on a bus, a fight between two men on the street, pedestrians being whacked over the head or gathering to watch as a man considers leaping to his death. There's a dirty joke shared at a book signing, then a dirtier one told at a dinner party -- lots of jokes here. Plenty of laughs. These diaries remind you that you once really hated George W. Bush, and that not too long ago, Donald Trump was just a harmless laughingstock, at least on French TV. Time marches on, and Sedaris, at his desk or on planes, in hotel dining rooms and odd Japanese inns, records it. The entries here reflect an ever-changing background -- new administrations, new restrictions on speech and conduct. What you can say at the start of the book, you can't by the end. At its best, A Carnival of Snackery is a sort of sampler: the bitter and the sweet. Some entries are just what you wanted. Others you might want to spit discreetly into a napkin."--From publisher

A lavish gift edition of David Sedaris's best stories, spanning his spectacular bestselling career. Hand-picked by David himself, these are stories that will make you laugh and cry, sometimes at the same time, from "the funniest man alive" (Time Out New York).

David Sedaris returns with his most deeply personal and darkly hilarious book. If you've ever laughed your way through David Sedaris's cheerfully misanthropic stories, you might think you know what you're getting with Calypso. You'd be wrong. When he buys a beach house on the Carolina coast, Sedaris envisions long, relaxing vacations spent playing board games and lounging in the sun with those he loves most. And life at the Sea Section, as he names the vacation home, is exactly as idyllic as he imagined, except for one tiny, vexing realization: it's impossible to take a vacation from yourself. With Calypso, Sedaris sets his formidable powers of observation toward middle age and mortality. Make no mistake: these stories are very, very funny--it's a book that can make you laugh 'til you snort, the way only family can. Sedaris's powers of observation have never been sharper, and his ability to shock readers into laughter unparalleled. But much of the comedy here is born out of that vertiginous moment when your own body betrays you and you realize that the story of your life is made up of more past than future. This is beach reading for people who detest beaches, required reading for those who loathe small talk and love a good tumor joke. Calypso is simultaneously Sedaris's darkest and warmest book yet--and it just might be his very best.

The writing here is funnier, (even) sharper . . . There isn't a dull word among these pages India Knight Sunday Times

A new roundup of personal essays from the No. 1 bestselling writer Time named America's favourite humourist