Author
David Sedaris
Back Cover
Me Talk Pretty One Day is a series of essays divided in two parts: life in the USA and life in France. The first half explores his childhood and young adult years with memories of his family. The second half focuses on his move from New York to France where takes a French language class, walks around Paris listening to English audiobooks, hides in cinemas, and largely recounts odd tales from his time as an expat in France.
Our Thoughts
To be upfront, this was my first Sedaris book that I stumbled across as recommendation from another podcast. If you’re looking for a story dedicated to the adventures or in some cases misadventures in France then the first half of this book won’t be of interest as it’s mostly random stories from his life in America. Even during the second half which explores the French side a bit more, I never really got into it. I never found the humor in the stories. Sure there are some humorous anecdotes that anyone who doesn’t speak the language in a country would be able to tell. I did find it interesting to learn or think about issues or what it was like to move in the late 90s and early 2000s. I always enjoy thinking back to how things were so different and how quickly realities change. The book overall wasn’t for me, but I am probably not the intended target audience.
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