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If you've ever laughed your way through David Sedaris's cheerfully misanthropic stories, you might think you know what you're getting with Calypso. You'd be wrong.
When he buys a beach house on the Carolina coast, Sedaris envisions long, relaxing vacations spent playing board games and lounging in the sun with those he loves most. And life at the Sea Section, as he names the vacation home, is exactly as idyllic as he imagined, except for one tiny, vexing realization: it's impossible to take a vacation from yourself.
With Calypso, Sedaris sets his formidable powers of observation toward middle age and mortality. Make no mistake: these stories are very, very funny - it's a book that can make you laugh 'til you snort, the way only family can. Sedaris's writing has never been sharper, and his ability to shock readers into laughter unparalleled. But much of the comedy here is born out of that vertiginous moment when your own body betrays you and you realize that the story of your life is made up of more past than future.
This is beach reading for people who detest beaches, required reading for those who loathe small talk and love a good tumour joke. Calypso is simultaneously Sedaris's darkest and warmest book yet - and it just might be his very best.
Forlag Abacus
Utgivelsesår 2019
Format Heftet
ISBN13 9780349141893
EAN 9780349141893
Genre Humor Biografisk litteratur
Omtalt person David Sedaris
Språk Engelsk
Sider 259
Utgave 1
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Amerikansk humor på sitt beste.
Sedaris har bolig i Sussex, men pendler flittig til sitt gamle hjemland, der han har en feriebolig i North Carolina. Han har en form for lun humor som gir farge til hverdagshistoriene fra England og USA. Hans egne nære familiemedlemmer, foreldre og søsken, med partneren Hugh utgjør hovedparten av persongalleriet. Mye er morsom lesning, men Sedaris unngår heller ikke vanskelige temaer som selvmordet til søsteren Tiffany.
Tragedien viser familiens handlingslammelse overfor en person som ikke ønsker å motta hjelp. Samtidig underslås det ikke at forfatterens eget valg av livsstil og væremåte kan ha bidratt til manglende innsikt og forståelse i søsterens situasjon. Det gir selvsagt teksten en tankevekkende bismak. Humor kan også tjene til å distansere oss fra livets vankeligheter. Sedaris viser leseren ærlig nok denne siden av seg samtidig som han bidrar med en rekke frydefulle og lattervekkende observasjoner og historier.
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