مثه داستانای سلینجر یه جور ارتباط بین چند تا داستان کوتاه احساس می‌کردم، شایدم احساسم بیخود بود:))
کتاب رو با یک طنز بسیار خوب شروع کردم و انتظار ادامه همون رو تا انتها داشتم، اما خوب در داستان‌های بعد طنزش تلطیف و جاهایی حتی محو شد .
مورد علاقه‌های من، طاعون تیک و سیاره‌ی میمون‌ها بودند. اولی واسه همون طنزش، دومی هم واسه حس ماجراجویی و غبطه‌ای که بهم داد. اما در کل نثرش رو پسندیدم

با اینکه طرفدار داستان کوتاه نیستم، اما چقد بهم کیف داد! بارها و بارها با خوندن جملات کتاب زدم زیر خنده
کتاب رو برای کسی هدیه خریده بودم و تا قبل از تحویل هدیه به صاحب اصلیش به طرز مجرمانه‌ای یه نفس خوندمش!
از اکثر داستانها خوشم اومد. خصوصا که گاهی ( مثلا تو قصه اول و دوم) به نظر میرسید نویسنده داره هذیون میگه.
در یک کلام
Creepy sick stories

به نظرم ترجمه خوب بود و بخشی از لذت خواندن رو مدیون ترجمه باحال کتاب بودم

I started reading this book at a particularly pathetic stage in my life. I'd just left grad school and was sharing a room in my parents' house with one of my sisters. I had a 1.5 hour commute each way to work and even though I had to go to bed at like 9 p.m. to have the energy to face the next day, Monica (said sister) always thought I was up too late. One night, she started yelling at me because for several consecutive nights I'd stayed up late reading, giggling out loud in my bed. Luckily, when I was finished and she read the book, she was a little more understanding.

My favorite Sedaris book.

2nd time reading. Review kept from 2019.

Ya know, I bet people get tired of hearing me rave about David Sedaris and his works. But I wouldn't rave if I didn't feel like it was absolutely deserved. 'Naked' is what I'd like to label as a perfect "intro to David Sedaris" read. When I finally put my plan of strapping my boyfriend to a chair, taping his eyelids open and forcing him to read one of his books into action, this will be that book. Witty, sardonic and darkly hilarious, 'Naked' is to David Sedaris as 'IT' is to Stephen King.

از جمله عوارض به سختی جبران‌پذیر اهمال‌کاری و تنبلی می‌توان به دیر ریویو نوشتن اشاره کرد. گمانم دو سه هفته از خواندن کتاب می‌گذرد حالا و نوشتن ریویو برایم تقریبن ناممکن به نظر می‌رسد. نگاهی به ریویوهای دیگران انداختم و یادم آمد که داستان اول برایم چه قدر ملموس بود. یک کمدی تراژیک از عادات و رفتارهای غیرقابل کنترل یک وسواسی. راستش هم خنده‌ام گرفته بود موقع خواندنش هم نم اشکی حادث شده بود.
کتاب برایم خیلی افت و خیز داشت. گاهی به شدت خنده دار و بقیه فقط بامزه یا حتی معمولی. طنز قطعن در بستر فرهنگ معنا می‌دهد و در غیر این صورت معنای چندانی ندارد اما عجیب است که برای اولین بار تشابه هایی در فرهنگ خودمان و فرهنگ آمریکایی به نظرم آمد. البته حالا مصداقی در ذهنم ندارم!:)

I don't know how to feel about this book. Parts of it are funny, parts of it are deeply sad but he's insisting that it's funny. Like when he talks about having OCD. I feel so bad for him. It makes me think people in the past sucked. The poor kid has a disorder and needs help, but his father's slammed on the brakes and made him hurt himself and his mother made fun of him for this.
A lot of the humour is kind of cruel in this book. The best story was probably about David dealing with his mother dying. It was very poignant and they were trying to keep being themselves in a situation that is so abnormal. But in most of these stories David and his family comes off as insensitive jerks.


Longer rant later.

Like all of Sedaris' books, this one has some MAJOR, masterful escapades, made all the better because they are true...
Two favorite scenes:
Sedaris' mom and sister watch crime shows all summer and then... a mystery arises in their own household- who is wiping their butt on the towels? The BROWN towels, so the offense isn't recognized until one gets a face full. Who is it? "I don't know, but I know he had corn yesterday," is one quote that sticks in my mind.
I think Naked is also the book that opens with Sedaris' description of his childhood OCD- his walk home from school took several hours because he had to ritualistically touch various objects on the way home from school- mailboxes, garden gnomes, his own doorbell, etc.
Sedaris is such an incredible story teller.

“I was a smart-ass, born and raised. This had been my curse and would continue to be so.”

I first read this in print 10 years ago or so. This was freaking delightful on audio! Sedaris narrates and his sister Amy pops in for the female speaking parts. Together, they are absolutely hilarious. I think I could listen to him tell personal stories all day long. I can't wait to continue rereading all of his books in this format.

به نظرم همون بلاخره یه روزی قشنگ حرف میزنم کافی بود ، دیگه این خوندن نداره . هر چند خوشمزگی داره و کشش ولی همون بس بود .

“the more places i went, the more i realized i didn’t matter to anyone except the family i’d left behind—and who knew them besides their friends and neighbors in a town just as pointless as this one?”

tapering off cymbalta and #ittasteslikeashes

فک میکردم ترجمه کتاب naked عه ولی خب نمیدونم فصلا باهم نمیخوند بعد دیدم یکی دوتا ـ شایدم بیشتر بوده من نفهمیدم ـ فصلا سر و تهش زده شده اسمش عوض شده اورده اینور فک کردم فصلی از کتاب دگ شاید داشته و من نمیدونم و مشخصا فصلیم شاید حذف شده از نیکد بهرحال نمیفهمم دگ من نمیفهمم خب چرا وقتی قراره گوشت قربونی بشه کتاب ترجمه میکنن. دستشونم درد نکنه ترجمه قوی بود ولی خب خدایی قشنگ نیس این حرکت. در کل الان ناراحتم میخوام برم اصلیشو بخونم حس میکنم وقتم تلف شده.