Me Talk Pretty One Day

Alternate Titles

• France: Je parler francais

Description

A recent transplant to Paris, humorist David Sedaris, bestselling author of “Naked”, presents a collection of his strongest work yet, including the title story about his hilarious attempt to learn French. 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.

First Sentence

ANYONE WHO WATCHES EVEN THE SLIGHTEST amount of TV is familiar with the scene: An agent knocks on the door of some seemingly ordinary home or office.

Description

David Sedaris' new collection of essays - including live recordings! - tells a most unconventional life story. It begins with a North Carolina childhood filled with speech-therapy classes ("There was the lisp, of course, but more troubling than that was my voice itself, with its excitable tone and high, girlish pitch") and unwanted guitar lessons taught by a midget. From budding performance artist ("The only crimp in my plan was that I seemed to have no talent whatsoever") to "clearly unqualified" writing teacher in Chicago, Sedaris' career leads him to New York City and eventually, of all places, France. His move to Paris poses a number of challenges, chief among them his inability to speak the language. Arriving a "spooky man-child" capable of communicating only through nouns, he undertakes language instruction that leads him ever deeper into cultural confusion. Whether describing the Easter bunny to puzzled classmates or watching a group of men play soccer with a cow, Sedaris brings a view and a voice like no other to every unforgettable encounter

Subjects

Genres

• Humor.

Other Editions

• Me Talk Pretty One Day: By National Best Seller - Author of NakedPaperbackBack Bay Books, and imprint of Little, Brown and Company2001-06-01
• Me Talk Pretty One DayHardcoverLittle, Brown & Co.2000-01-01
• Me talk pretty one dayLittle, Brown and Company2000-01-01
• Me Talk Pretty One DayAudio CassetteHachette Audio2000-06-01
• Je parler françaisPaperbackFlorent Massot2000-10-18
• Me talk pretty one dayAudiobookTime Warner AudioBooks2001-01-01