Me Talk Pretty One Day

Summary: Me Talk Pretty One Day contains far more than just the funniest collection of autobiographical essays - it quite well registers as a manifesto about language itself. Wherever there's a straight line, you can be sure that Sedaris lurks beneath the text, making it jagged with laughter; and just where the fault lines fall, he sits mischievously perched at the epicenter of it all.

Record details

ISBN: 9780613674652
ISBN: 0613674650
ISBN: 0316776963
ISBN: 9780316776967
Physical Description: 272 pages ; 21 cm
print
Edition: First Back Bay paperback edition
Publisher: Boston, [Massachusetts] : Little, Brown, 2001.
Copyright: ©2000.

Content descriptions

General Note:

Originally published in hardcover by Little, Brown in 2000.

Formatted Contents Note:

Go Carolina -- Giant dreams, midget abilities -- Genetic engineering -- Twelve moments in the life of the artist -- You can't kill the rooster -- The youth in Asia -- The learning curve -- Big boy -- The great leap forward -- Today's special -- City of angels -- A shiner like a diamond -- Nutcracker.com -- See you again yesterday -- Me talk pretty one day -- Jesus shaves -- The tapeworm is in -- Make that a double -- Remembering my childhood on the continent of Africa -- 21 down -- The city of light in the dark -- I pledge allegiance to the bag -- Picka Pocketoni -- I almost saw this girl get killed -- Smart guy -- The late show -- I'll eat what he's wearing.