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David Sedaris' move to Paris from New York inspired these hilarious pieces, including the title essay, about his attempts to learn French from a sadistic teacher who declares that every day spent with you is like having a caesarean section. His family is another inspiration. You Can't Kill the Rooster is a portrait of his brother, who talks incessant hip-hop slang to his bewildered father. And no one hones a finer fury in response to such modern annoyances as restaurant meals presented in ludicrous towers of food and cashiers with six-inch fingernails.

Je parler français

Je Parler Français

"David Sedaris's ability to transform the mortification of everyday life into wildly entertaining art," (The Christian Science Monitor) is elevated to wilder and more entertaining heights than ever in this remarkable new book. Trying to make coffee when the water is shut off, David considers using the water in a vase of flowers and his chain of associations takes him from the French countryside to a hilariously uncomfortable memory of buying drugs in a mobile home in rural North Carolina. 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 Engulfed in Flames:"Older, wiser, smarter and meaner, Sedaris...defies the odds once again by delivering an intelligent take on the banalities of an absurd life." --Kirkus ReviewsThis latest collection proves that not only does Sedaris still have it, but he's also getting better....Sedaris's best stuff will still--after all this time--move, surprise, and entertain." --Booklist

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* A brilliant new collection of stories from the number 1 bestselling writer named by TIME magazine as America's Favorite Humorist

When you are engulfed in flames: adventurer in archaeology

Ces nouvelles renouent avec des figures emblématiques de l'écrivain : Hugh, le petit ami souffre-douleur, les parents excentriques, D. Sedaris lui-même, écolier puis adulte immature, etc.Le pays du père Noël --Gros malin --La courbe d'apprentissage --Bon, je vous dis à hier --La ville lumière dans le noir --Mes souvenirs d'enfance en Afrique --Un fléau de tics --Quadri incomplète --Le Tanazi --Sur la route --J'aime les garçons --Plat du jour --Journal d'un fumeur --Cassenoisette.com --Tout le monde m'aime.Anthology of stories originally published in the works: Barrel fever, Naked, and Me talk pretty one day and now translated into French

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David Sedaris nous offre le meilleur de lui-même dans ce livre qui réunit ses quinze nouvelles les
plus drôles. Au menu, dérision et humour noir sans limites. On retrouve avec plaisir les figures
emblématiques de ses histoires : son petit ami, Hugh, ses parents excentriques, mais surtout
David Sedaris en personne. Doux dingue affligé de tics, menteur invétéré, immature, il est tout
simplement irrésistible.

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