Me Talk Pretty One Day -

David Sedaris

Back Bay Books

2001

272 páginas

9h 4m

ISBN-10: 0316776963

Sedaris's caustic gift has not deserted him in his fourth book, which mines poignant comedy from his peculiar childhood in North Carolina, his bizarre career path, and his move with his lover to France. Though his anarchic inclination to digress is his glory, Sedaris does have a theme in these reminiscences: the inability of humans to communicate. The title is his rendition in transliterated English of how he and his fellow students of French in Paris mangle the Gallic language. In the essay "Jesus Shaves," he and his classmates from many nations try to convey the concept of Easter to a Moroccan Muslim. "It is a party for the little boy of God," says one. "Then he be die one day on two... morsels of... lumber," says another. Sedaris muses on the disputes between his Protestant mother and his father, a Greek Orthodox guy whose Easter fell on a different day. Other essays explicate his deep kinship with his eccentric mom and absurd alienation from his IBM-exec dad: "To me, the greatest mystery of science continues to be that a man could father six children who shared absolutely none of his interests."

Resenhas (4)

4 (Muito bom)

Me Talk Pretty One Day, Too. =D

I started reading Me Talk Pretty One Day after discovering the eBook among my endless epub files. The way the author writes is nice, and his inner dialogues and reveries are funny enough: worth the time you spend reading. But… I must say that – though the book was fairly funny – I expected more, because I swear I read somewhere that David Sedaris is the funniest writer nowadays and I started reading with that detail in mind.
The stories are about his life and experiences in several situations: very self-deprecating and (I am sure) a lot exaggerated. Me Talk Pretty One Day has (about) 29 essays concerning mainly his work, family and life in France with his boyfriend. I liked best the stories of his life in France, his difficulties learning French and his family.
One good thing: you don’t need to read the essays in the order they come, so I read the titles I liked more and read the rest afterwards. A Shiner Like a Diamond, See You Again Yesterday, Me Talk Pretty One Day, Picka Pocketoni, I’ll Eat What He’s Wearing and Late Show are the most interesting, but that is a matter of opinion and liking, so no way to make sure, as my mother (I read those stories for her) didn’t like them, but that might be because Sedaris is gay and she is kind of conservative…
4 stars.