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Theft by Finding: Diaries 1977-2002
| Title | Theft by Finding: Diaries 1977-2002 |
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| Date | 2025-07-05 20:59:36 |
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| Link | Listen Read |
Desciption
David Sedaris tells all in a book that is, literally, a lifetime in the making.For forty years, David Sedaris has kept a diary in which he records everything that captures his attention-overheard comments, salacious gossip, soap opera plot twists, secrets confided by total strangers. These observations are the source code for his finest 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 the story 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.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 proves that Sedaris is one of our great modern observers. It's a potent reminder that when you're as perceptive and curious as Sedaris, there's no such thing as a boring day.
Review
Audiobook- read by David SedarisOverall I really liked listening to David read his diaries. I liked it a lot...but it grew on me. I only listened to about 1 or 2 hours of it a day. It was 13+ hours long in length. I would have gone crazy listening ‘or’ reading this type of book without breaks. There ‘is’ a tedious feeling when David reads a date of a diary entry - followed by another date/location and paragraph type diary entry...on and on and ON!Some of it didn’t feel any more personal than calling off names at a High School graduation, but after awhile - something happens. And we feel EMOTIONS. Then I remembered:David gave a clear warning at the start of what this book was anyway. He almost didn’t publish it. It’s from years ago. 1977-2002 just as the title says. I doubt if this were a first book, that any major publishing company would have touched it. But..., given who David is, that changes things. I experienced another side of David....., tender, sweet, soft spoken, and he ‘felt’ years younger & vulnerable. There was much sadness - especially the first half.His funny bone shines brighter in the second half. David shares about poverty - sex - racism - drugs - ( he really paints a vivid picture of the 70’s), religion - a moving experience with 911-and lots daily random things from his life. When people say the expression “that guy could read the phone book and make it interesting”...well, somebody must have been thinking about David Sedaris.I ended up enjoying my time listening to David’s tedious dairy entries - his dry wit - and his child like being in the world. He’s adorable!
