The Resource Theft by finding : diaries (1977-2002), David Sedaris
Theft by finding : diaries (1977-2002), David Sedaris
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The item Theft by finding : diaries (1977-2002), David Sedaris represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in University of San Diego Libraries.
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
- 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
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition
- Extent
- 514 pages
- Note
- LC copy signed by author.
- Isbn
- 9780316556651
- Label
- Theft by finding : diaries (1977-2002)
- Title
- Theft by finding
- Title remainder
- diaries (1977-2002)
- Statement of responsibility
- David Sedaris
- Subject
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- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- LGBT
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Personal Memoirs
- Biography
- Diaries
- Diaries
- Gay men
- Gay men -- United States -- Diaries
- HUMOR -- Essays
- HUMOR -- Men, Women & Relationships
- 1900-1999
- Humorists, American -- 20th century -- Diaries
- Sedaris, David
- Sedaris, David -- Diaries
- Sedaris, David -- Diaries
- United States
- Humorists, American
- Autobiographies
- Language
- eng
- 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
- Awards note
- New York Times Best Seller List
- Biography type
- autobiography
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Sedaris, David,
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PS3569.E314
- LC item number
- Z474 2017
- Literary form
- non fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Sedaris, David
- Sedaris, David
- Sedaris, David
- Humorists, American
- Gay men
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY
- HUMOR
- HUMOR
- Gay men
- Humorists, American
- United States
- Label
- Theft by finding : diaries (1977-2002), David Sedaris
- Note
- LC copy signed by author.
- Bibliography note
- Shares the author's favorite diary entries, providing a look into the mind of a comic genius
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 960279299
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First edition
- Extent
- 514 pages
- Isbn
- 9780316556651
- Lccn
- 2016959026
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)960279299
- Label
- Theft by finding : diaries (1977-2002), David Sedaris
- Note
- LC copy signed by author.
- Bibliography note
- Shares the author's favorite diary entries, providing a look into the mind of a comic genius
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 960279299
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First edition
- Extent
- 514 pages
- Isbn
- 9780316556651
- Lccn
- 2016959026
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)960279299
Subject
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- LGBT
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Personal Memoirs
- Biography
- Diaries
- Diaries
- Gay men
- Gay men -- United States -- Diaries
- HUMOR -- Essays
- HUMOR -- Men, Women & Relationships
- 1900-1999
- Humorists, American -- 20th century -- Diaries
- Sedaris, David
- Sedaris, David -- Diaries
- Sedaris, David -- Diaries
- United States
- Humorists, American
- Autobiographies
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