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Title The land and its people [electronic resource] : Essays. David Sedaris.
Author Sedaris, David.
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Other Classification Number FAM041000 HUM003000 HUM008000 bisacsh
Personal Name Sedaris, David.
Title Statement The land and its people [electronic resource] : Essays. David Sedaris.
Imprint 2026.
Physical Description 1 online resource
Content Type text txt rdacontent
Media Type computer c rdamedia
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Summary, Etc. In this new collection, 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—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.
Reproduction Note Electronic reproduction. New York: Little, Brown and Company, 2026. Requires the Libby app or a modern web browser.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Nonfiction. OverDrive
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Family & Relationships. OverDrive
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Humor (Nonfiction). OverDrive
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Essays. OverDrive
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