| International Standard Book Number |
9780316264839 (hardcover)
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| International Standard Book Number |
0316264830 (hardcover)
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| Personal Name |
Sedaris, David, author.
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| Title Statement |
The land and its people / David Sedaris.
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| Edition Statement |
First edition.
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| Production, Publication, Distribution, Manufacture, and Copyright Notice |
New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2026.
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| Physical Description |
viii, 261 pages ; 22 cm.
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| Formatted Contents Note |
Care and feeding -- Little America -- Goodyear -- Enough is enough -- Friendly face -- Trophy room -- My finances, in brief -- The doctor is in -- The hem of his garment -- Punching down -- In lieu of my biography -- Cool mom -- A long way home -- The violence of the rams -- Say it like you mean it -- Forget me not -- And your little dog, too -- Good grief -- A little kick -- I did -- Yes, vote -- The land and its people -- Welcome in -- The godfather -- Unzipped -- Friends -- My cousin Melvin -- Cash and carry.
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| Summary, Etc. |
"David Sedaris reflects on what it means to be a foreigner, a brother, a lifelong friend. He tries on the role of caretaker after his boyfriend Hugh's hip-replacement surgery, and both succeeds and fails. He buys his sister a cape and discusses his brother with a jaded Duolingo bot. He walks dozens of miles with his friend Dawn and challenges her to eat a truck tire. 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. There is sadness here -- scrolling through his address book, he realizes how many dear friends are now deceased -- but also delight: he revels in authors' biographies, the malapropism that becomes a decades-long inside joke, and pair of well-made cotton underpants. He is bitten by a dog. A train passenger vomits in his face. A woman on the street late at night either sexually harasses him or doesn't. Look how hard it is to be alive! Throughout these essays, Sedaris shows how much there is to marvel at when you keep your head up and your eyes open, observing with warmth and curiosity this fascinating human species and the lands we inhabit."-- Provided by publisher.
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| Subject-Personal Name |
Sedaris, David Anecdotes.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Reflection (Philosophy)
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Curiosity.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
American wit and humor.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Interpersonal relations Humor.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Wonder.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Travel Humor.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Travelers Humor.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Siblings Humor.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Friendship Humor.
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
Autobiographies.
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
Humor.
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
Anecdotes.
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
Essays.
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
Informational works.
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