Children Playing Before a Statue of H..., David Sedaris
Children Playing Before a Statue of H..., David Sedaris
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Children Playing Before a Statue of Hercules

Author: David Sedaris, Tobias Wolff, Akhil Sharma, Charles Baxter, Amy Hempel, Patricia Highsmith

Narrator: David Sedaris, Cherry Jones, Mary -Louise Parker, Akhil Sharma, Toby Wherry

Unabridged: 2 hr 55 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 04/04/2005


Synopsis

A must-have for the fans of the #1 bestselling author of Me Talk Pretty One Day, David Sedaris, a collection of his favorite short fiction from Flannery O'Connor to Tobias Wolff.

David Sedaris is an exceptional reader. Alone in his apartment, he reads stories aloud to the point he has them memorized. Sometimes he fantasizes that he wrote them. Sometimes, when they’re his very favorite stories, he’ll fantasize about reading them in front of an audience and taking credit for them. The audience in these fantasies always loves him and gives him the respect he deserves.

David Sedaris didn’t write the stories in Children Playing Before a Statue of Hercules . But he did read them. And he liked them enough to hand pick them for this collection of short fiction. Featuring such notable writers as Lorrie Moore, Alice Munro, Joyce Carol Oates, Jean Thompson, and Tobias Wolff, Children Playing Before a Statue of Hercules includes some of the most influential and talented short story writers, contemporary and classic.

Perfect for fans who suffer from Sedaris fever, Children Playing Before a Statue of Hercules will tide them over and provide relief.

About David Sedaris

American comedian, David Sedaris, decided to put his good humor and social critiques to pen and has we authored several books and short essays that slice through cultural inadequacies and political correctness. He has been deemed a master of satire and an expert observer of the current human condition. He was born in 1956, and has many titles......humorist, comedian, author, and radio contributor. He gives credit to radio host, Ira Glass, for discovering him in a Chicago club and giving him the invaluable opportunity to appear on his weekly radio program. He said it was life changing.

One of his most important accomplishments would be receiving a Grammy nomination for his audio version of, Let's Explore Diabetes With Owls. There are over ten million copies of his books, and they have been translated into 25 languages.

In collaboration with his sister, Amy Sedaris, David has written six plays that have been produced at such places as LA Mama, Lincoln Center, and The Drama Department in New York City. Three have been nominated for Grammys for Best Spoken Word and Best Comedy Album. A recent work is David Sedaris: Live for Your Listening Pleasure. He has also had a film adaptation of his story C. O.G., which was presented at Sundance Film Festival. The various books about him and by him are numerous. Calypso, a book of essays, was punished in 2018, and a second volume of diaries is expected in summer of 2019.

His older Santaland Diaries was a huge success for listeners, so much so, that the New York Times dubbed him "a minor phenomenon".


Reviews

Goodreads review by Matthew on May 05, 2019

They put David Sedaris's name all over this thing. It wasn't until after I had checked it out that I realized it was not just Sedaris and it was not his usual non-fiction storytelling. This is not necessarily a bad thing, but it is kind of like that feeling when you pick up a glass expecting it to b......more

Goodreads review by Calista on June 16, 2020

I made the assumption that David Sedaris wrote these stories. While reading this story, I kept thinking something is wrong. This doesn't feel like David. It turns out that David Sedaris is the editior of all these other short stories. They are stories that he leaves. I didn't laugh at these. They ar......more

Goodreads review by Katie on March 20, 2008

I gave this book to a friend for her birthday a few years ago and she mentioned that while she loved the book, it was proving to be life threatening. She was reading while walking, while eating, while riding her bike...it was an accident waiting to happen. The thing about this collection of short sto......more

Goodreads review by George on September 20, 2022

A challenging collection of short stories selected by David Sedaris. It may defy expectations, if one expects light humour or satire. There are some classics in here, such as "The Garden Party" (Katherine Mansfield) as well as new writers I had not previously encountered. The Alice Munro story, "Hal......more

Goodreads review by Grace on December 05, 2007

As a big fan of David Sedaris, let me just say that I am very very glad he has not been able to better emulate his writing heroes. Because for a very talented storyteller, the man has appalling taste in stories. Children Playing Before a Statue of Hercules is a Sedaris-edited short story collection.......more