About this title: David Sedaris's collection of stories and essays features the famed "Santaland Diaries," in which he recounts his experiences as a Christmas elf at the Herald Square Macy's.
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Edition: First Thus
Binding: Boxed
Publisher: Time Warner Audiobooks, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1998
ISBN-13:9781570426339ISBN:1570426333
Description: Very Good. 8vo-over 7 3/4"-9 3/4" Tall 1570426333 Audio Book 2 Boxed audio cassettes/. light wear to box. read more
Binding: Audiobook Cassette
Publisher: Warner Adult
Date Published: 1998
ISBN-13:9781570426339ISBN:1570426333
Description: Very Good; 3 hours on 2 cassette tapes. Box sl worn, squashed. Read by David Sedaris & Amy Sedaris. Audio Tape; 0.85 x 6.84 x 4.2 Inches. read more
Binding: Audio CD
Publisher: Time Warner AudioBooks
Date Published: 2004-08-05
ISBN-13:9781405500302ISBN:1405500301
Description: New. Factory Sealed-Abridged-3 CDs-3 Hours--In David Sedaris's world, no one is safe and no cow is sacred. A manic cross between Mark Leyner, Fran Lebowitz and the National Enquirer, Sedaris's collection of stories and essays is a rollicking tour through the American Zeitgeist: a man who is loved too much flees the heavyweight champion of the world; a teenage suicide tried to incite a lynch mob at her funeral; and in his essays, David Sedaris considers the hazards of rewards of smoking, ... read more
Edition: NEW ED
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: LITTLE, BROWN BOOK GROUP Country = UNITED KINGDOM
Date Published: 2006
ISBN-13:9780349119762ISBN:0349119767
Description: BRAND NEW PAPERBACK. 256 pages. (256 pages) *a collection of personal essays-surprising, disarming, heartbreakingly funny-from the no. 1 bestselling writer time named america's favorite humorist. edition new ed (Paperback) read more
Binding: Spoken Word Compact Disc
Publisher: Hachette Audio
Date Published: 2001-10-01
ISBN-13:9781586212216ISBN:1586212214
Description: NEW. Spoken Word Compact Disc. From an inventory that is 100% brand-new, 100% direct from the publishers' distribution channel. We carry NO pre-owned, NO remaindered. We pack in CARDBOARD to ensure the pristine quality is maintained. (Bubble-wrap alone is NOT sufficient to protect from USPS equipment. ) Guaranteed brand-NEW, protected with CARDBOARD, your satisfaction is guaranteed. BKLUVID: 9781586212216. read more
Binding: Audio CD
Publisher: Hachette Audio
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9781586212216ISBN:1586212214
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Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Little, Brown, New York
Date Published: 1994
Description: Very Good in Very Good jacket. Fiction. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Signed by Author Stated First Edition with Complete number line (First Printing). Flat signed by author on title page. Signature is verified by a program from the signing event at the Arkansas Literary Festival Oct. 11, 2009. Program is also signed. Book is clean and tightly bound with unmarked text and minimal wear. DJ in a protective mylar cover. Very faint foxing to top edge of textblock; only notable flaw. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Little, Brown, New York
Date Published: 1994
Description: Very Good in Very Good jacket. Fiction. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Signed by Author Stated First Edition with Complete number line (First Printing). Flat signed by author on title page. Signature is verified by a program from the signing event at the Arkansas Literary Festival Oct. 11, 2009. Program is also signed. Book is clean and tightly bound with unmarked text and minimal wear. DJ in a protective mylar cover. No notable flaw. read more
Binding: Boxed
Publisher: Time Warner Audiobooks, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1998
ISBN-13:9781570426339ISBN:1570426333
Description: 1570426333 Audio Book Housed in its orignal box which is in VG condition. Read by David Sedaris and Amy Sedaris and presented on two cassettes with an approx. running time of 3 hours. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
Date Published: 2006
ISBN-13:9780349119762ISBN:0349119767
Description: New. *A collection of personal essays-surprising, disarming, heartbreakingly funny-from the No. 1 bestselling writer Time named America's Favorite Humorist. read more
"My first introduction to David Sedaris in the late 90s was "Holidays on Ice," which I absolutely loved. I've read most of his books or listened to them as audiobooks, and the guy is hilarious and has been one of my favorite authors/essayists for years. Somehow I'd never picked up Barrel Fever, so I finally did.
The stories and essays were weird, raunchy, and sometimes pushed me out of my (relatively wide) comfort zone. There were laugh out loud moments to some stories, but others left me wondering how I benefited from reading them. I can see how David Sedaris has developed as a storyteller from these early character vignettes, but I doubt I'll want to read this particular collection again."
"So far, I'm not enjoying it as much as some of his other books . . . he certainly has a great imagination, but some of the stories are just a bit too 'out there' for me.
Okay, I just finished reading it, and the Santaland part at the end of the book was very redeeming . . . if you read only that part of the book, you won't be disappointed. I think I just like his nonfiction essays better than his fiction ones. His life is already hilarious enough without having to make one up!"
"Sedaris' SantaLand Diaries is absolutely hilarious. It is a great critic of middle class consumerism and the absurdity that it brings in what is suppose to be a religious holiday.
I think this is Sedaris at his best when he makes fun of the general middle class culture and himself not anyone in specific. I also tend to prefer his writing his personal experiences over his work of fiction although I did enjoy My Manuscirpt, Glen's Homophobia Newleeter Vol. 3, No. 2, Season's Greetings to Our Friends and Family!!!, and After Malison.
Out of the above, I especially liked After Malison, as it is a critic on the brooding intellectualism with its preference on introspection and self-importance over being in the moment and happy. I loved how in the end the "intellectual writer" finds out that she and the "simpleton" man had much in common than she realized."
"I love David Sedaris, and his essay in last week's New Yorker inspired me to track down the Sedaris books I hadn't read. This one is early, and I guess he hadn't decided whether to do fiction or essays primarily yet. I think he made a wise decision, judging from this collection. His essays were hilarious, as usual (especially Santaland Diaries, which I'd heard parts of before), but his stories were a little flat. I think his voice is authentic and works best when he's talking about his own life."
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