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Theft by finding : diaries (1977-2002) Cover Image Book Book

Theft by finding : diaries (1977-2002)

Sedaris, David (author.).

Summary: David Sedaris has kept a diary for forty years, recording everything that has captured his attention -- overheard comments, salacious gossip, soap opera plot twists, secrets confided by total strangers. These observations are the source code for his work, and through them he has honed his cunning, surprising sentences. Now Sedaris shares his private writings with the world. Theft by Finding, the first of two volumes, is an account of how a drug-abusing dropout with a weakness for the International House of Pancakes and a chronic inability to hold down a real job became one of the funniest people on the planet. Most diaries -- even the diaries of great writers -- are impossibly dull, because they are generally about the authors' emotions, or their dreams, or their interior life. Sedaris's diaries are unique because they face outward. He doesn't tell us his feelings about the world; he shows us the world instead, and in so doing he shows us something deeper about himself. Written with a sharp eye and ear for the bizarre, the beautiful, and the uncomfortable, and with a generosity of spirit that even a misanthropic sense of humor can't fully disguise, Theft by Finding is a potent reminder that there's no such thing as a boring day. When you're perceptive and curious, adventure waits around every corner.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0349120730
  • ISBN: 9780349120737
  • ISBN: 0316154733
  • ISBN: 9780316154734
  • ISBN: 0316508209
  • ISBN: 9780316508209
  • ISBN: 0316556653
  • ISBN: 9780316556651
  • ISBN: 0316552461
  • ISBN: 9780316552462
  • ISBN: 0316154725
  • ISBN: 9780316154727
  • Physical Description: 514 pages ; 25 cm
    print
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York, NY : Little, Brown and Company, 2017.

Content descriptions

General Note:
LC copy signed by author.
Bibliography, etc. Note: Shares the author's favorite diary entries, providing a look into the mind of a comic genius.
Awards Note:
New York Times Best Seller List.

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  • 2 of 2 copies available at Lackawanna County Library System.

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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Circulation Modifier Status Due Date Courses
Abington Community Library 814.54 SEDARIS (Text) 50687011692293 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Carbondale Public Library 814.54 SEDARIS (Text) 50688010761741 Adult Nonfiction Available -
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