| Other Classification Number |
FAM041000 HUM003000 HUM008000 bisacsh
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| Personal Name |
Sedaris, David.
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| Title Statement |
The land and its people [electronic resource] : Essays. David Sedaris.
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| Edition Statement |
Unabridged.
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| Imprint |
2026.
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| Physical Description |
1 online resource (31 audio files) : digital
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| Playing Time |
07:26:12
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| Content Type |
spoken word spw rdacontent
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| Media Type |
audio s rdamedia
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| Media Type |
computer c rdamedia
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| Carrier Type |
online resource rdacarrier
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| Participant or Performer Note |
Narrator: David Sedaris.
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| Summary, Etc. |
In this new collection, recorded live, on-location from Massachusetts to California , David Sedaris reflects on what it means to be a foreigner, a brother, a lifelong friend, in essays that are "among the best of his career" ( Publishers Weekly, starred review). "A welcome return to form for the much-awarded and much-loved humorist...Sedaris remains a national treasure." — Kirkus (starred review) In The Land and Its People, Sedaris investigates what it means to be a traveler, a brother, a lifelong friend. Trying on the role of caretaker after his boyfriend Hugh's hip-replacement surgery, he both succeeds and fails. He covers ground with his friend Dawn and challenges her to eat a truck tire. A ambivalent Duolingo bot becomes his unlikely confidante as he attempts to describe his family in a foreign language. Ever adding to his list of "Countries I Have Been To," he rides a horse named Tequila in Guatemala, buys a bespoke priest's cassock in Vatican City, and goes on safari in Kenya without taking a single photo. Time takes its toll: scrolling through his address book, he counts those he couldn't bear to outlive, and realizes how many are already gone. He is bitten by a dog and insulted by a wee train passenger. A woman on the street late at night either sexually harasses him or doesn't. It's easy to agree with the lady waving a sign that reads, "Enough Is Enough." And yet, life holds much to delight in: the massive testicles of a ram, a trip abroad with his sisters, a really excellent reptile video, a pair of well-made cotton underpants. Throughout these essays—recorded live, on-location, at once acerbic and tender, playful and profound—Sedaris shows how much there is to marvel at when you keep your head up and your eyes open, observing with warmth and curiosity our fascinating human species and the lands we inhabit.
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| Reproduction Note |
Electronic reproduction. New York: Little, Brown & Company, 2026. Requires the Libby app or a modern web browser.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Nonfiction. OverDrive
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Family & Relationships. OverDrive
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Humor (Nonfiction). OverDrive
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Essays. OverDrive
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
Electronic books. local
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| Added Entry, Personal Name |
Sedaris, David.
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| Additional Physical Form Entry |
Original 9780316264839
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| Electronic Location and Access |
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| Electronic Location and Access |
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