Sloth: Ode to Disarray & Delay (SIN SERIES) - Hardcover

Dale Burg

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0966957326 ISBN 13: 9780966957327

Publisher: Red Rock Press, 2001

Synopsis

Noted comic writer Dale Burg conducts an overdue celebration of the achievements of the lazy, tardy and disorganized with color cartoons and movie stills.

About this title

From Publishers Weekly:

"Most Americans are sloth-impaired," observes Dale Burg in her humorous and charmingly illustrated Sloth: Ode to Disarray & Delay, the fourth installment in the Sin Series from Red Rock Press. Burg, who has taught comedy writing at NYU and is the author of 16 books, declares the Official Sloth Breakfast to be eggs over easy (cooked by someone else), advises against any strenuous activity except for slow dancing and waxes philosophical about the benefits of doing tomorrow what one could do today. With a historical overview of sloth, proverbs and famous quotations, Burg convincingly shows why the best is always worth the wait. 70 color illus.

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Review:

“Dale Burg’s Sloth: Ode to Disarray & Delay is an enduring tribute to the fine art of putting off for tomorrow anything demanded of you today. Burg makes a compelling argument that we tend to work too hard, plan too hard, and that it was never Nature’s way for human beings to plan too far ahead or exert so much effort. Indeed, too much exercise or too little sleep can be harmful to one’s health! Sloth draws upon the wit and wisdom of an intelligent and congenial writer whose wry advice is only half in jest.... Beautifully illustrated throughout, Sloth is a “must” for anyone who feels harried or otherwise put upon by the demands of modern life—and those who love them." --Midwest Book Review

About this edition

• Publisher: Red Rock Press
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0966957326
• ISBN 13: 9780966957327
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 128