When You Are Engulfed in Flames
by:
David Sedaris (author)
Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9781616793586 (1616793589)
Publish date: June 3rd 2008
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
Pages no: 336
Edition language: English
Category:
Non Fiction,
Humor,
Autobiography,
Memoir,
Biography,
Writing,
Essays,
Funny,
Comedy,
Book Club,
Biography Memoir,
Short Stories
Με την ανάγνωση κάθε συλλογής του David Sedaris νιώθεις αυτομάτως μέλος της οικογένειάς του. Αστείος, ενδοσκοπικός, εγωμανής κι ακαταμάχητος.
I have never laughed so hard in my life than when I listened to this. Seriously, whenever I’m having a bad day or I know something stressful is coming up, I listen to these essays. Sedaris takes weird stuff that happens in life and turns them into hilarious and insightful pieces that entertain and ...
I’ll be honest here: it was the title and the cover that drew me to this book. “When You Are Engulfed in Flames” just has a nice ring to it for me, and the title got stuck in my head. It’s been sitting on my bookshelf, mocking me for the past few weeks, and I finally decided to pick it up.I normally...
This is a book filled with essays or short stories that involve Sedaris life that I checked out because it was recommended by Yan. I thought the first essay was funny, but the rest of the stories just sound like Sedaris being mean and not that funny. Sure it got a giggle or two out of me when he rea...
I have a soft spot for this particular collection because it contains the essay that convinced me to love David Sedaris: "All The Beauty You Will Ever Need." That and "Keeping Up" are my favorite Sedaris pieces ever; he may write that well again, but I can't imagine he (or anyone else) could get bet...
8 years ago
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