Structured as a daybook of sorts, with the Cursing Mommy--beleaguered wife of Larry and mother of two boys, twelve and nine--trying (more or less) valiantly to offer tips on how to do various tasks around the home, only to end up on the ground, cursing, surrounded by broken glass. Her voice is somewhere between Phyllis Diller's and Sylvia Plath's: a hilariously desperate housewife with a taste for swearing and large glasses of red wine, who speaks to the frustrations of everyday life
Ian Frazier Knihy
1. január 1951
Ian Frazier je americký spisovateľ a humorista, známy svojim jedinečným pozorovateľským talentom a vtipným štýlom. Jeho diela sa často zaoberajú americkou krajinou a kultúrou s hlbokým pochopením pre nuansy života. Frazierov prístup k písaniu sa vyznačuje prenikavým pohľadom a schopnosťou nájsť humor aj v tých najbežnejších situáciách, čím čitateľom ponúka svieži a pútavý pohľad na svet okolo nás.
The successful photographer shares his idiosyncratic vision of life in America by combining his evocative images with the musings of two great writers.
Raw account of modern day Oglala Sioux who now live on the Pine Ridge Indian reservation.
Coyote v. Acme
- 117 stránok
- 5 hodin čítania
When Ian Frazier's first collection of humorous essays, Dating Your Mom, was published in 1986, Time's reviewer Paul Gray called it "hilarious" and warned readers to" read sparingly... By 1996 another collection may appear." And he was rights. Frazier's new collection, Coyote v. Acme, includes twenty-two more side-splitting glimpses into some of the more oddball corners of the American mind. The title essay imagines the opening statement of an attorney for cartoon character Wile E. Coyote in a product liability suit against the Acme Company, supplier of unpredictable rocket sleds and faulty spring-powered shoes. Other essays are about the golfing career of comedian Bob Hope, a commencement address given by a Satanist college president, a suburban short story attacked by Germans, the problem of issues versus non-issues, and the theories of revolutionary stand-up comedy from Comrade Stalin.
Verslag van reizen door het middenwesten van de Verenigde Staten aangevuld met wetenswaardigheden over de geschiedenis daarvan.