SEDARIS, David.
When You Are Engulfed in Flames.
New York: Little, Brown and Company , 2008.
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First Edition of When You Are Engulfed in Flames; Signed by David Sedaris and Three Times by Legendary Jacket Designer Chip Kidd in the Year of Publication
First edition of this collection of 22 autobiographical essays by humorist David Sedaris. Octavo, original publisher's half-cloth. Boldly signed by David Sedaris on the title page. Boldly signed three times in the year of publication by jacket designer Chip Kidd: on the front panel, on the title page, and the rear jacket flap. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with light bumping. Jacket design by Chip Kidd.
When You Are Engulfed in Flames (2008) by David Sedaris is a sharply funny and delightfully offbeat collection of autobiographical essays that transforms the peculiarities of everyday life into moments of absurd, often darkly comic insight. Spanning locations from Tokyo to the French countryside, Sedaris reflects on topics as varied as quitting smoking, odd encounters with strangers, and the strangeness of family and mortality, all delivered in his signature deadpan style. Stories such as his Tokyo experiment in smoking cessation and encounters with bizarre characters highlight his talent for turning the mundane into the memorable. The book became a New York Times bestseller.
When You Are Engulfed in Flames.
$650.00
In Stock
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