When You are Engulfed in Flames - Softcover

Sedaris, David

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1408700921 ISBN 13: 9781408700921

Publisher: Little, Brown and Company, 2008

Synopsis

Dark, hilarious, and engaging, this work is an invitation to a feast of ideas you thought would never make it to print. If Sedaris's world were illustrated, Edward Gorey is the illustrator who could do it.

About this title

About the Author:

David Sedaris is the author of the books Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim, Me Talk Pretty One Day, Holidays on Ice, Naked, and Barrel Fever. He is a regular contributor to The New Yorker and Public Radio International's "This American Life."

From AudioFile:

In David Sedaris's excellent latest collection, cringe-worthy moments follow on the heels of laugh-out-loud ones--you may never buy another pair of thrift-store pants, for example, and that's only the beginning. The stories jump back and forth in time and locale--Sedaris is in middle school, in college, in his grown, professional life; now North Carolina, now New York, now Normandy. The constant is Sedaris's narration, and that's why his delivery works so well with his words--every absurdity is made more believable (if not more palatable) thanks to his steady reading. He sounds incredulous and world-weary all at the same time. Death may be a recurring theme in these essays, but listeners will chuckle helplessly all the same. Track listings with titles are helpfully printed on the CDs, so it's easy to go back and find favorites again. J.M.D. © AudioFile 2008, Portland, Maine-- Copyright © AudioFile, Portland, Maine

About this edition

• Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 1408700921
• ISBN 13: 9781408700921
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 323