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Loading... Pure Drivel (edition 1999)by Steve Martin
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. Hit or miss. Some five-star pieces and some one-star pieces. But the five-star pieces are, well ... five stars. ( ) I love Steve Martin when he's silly. Listening to this on cd with Martin himself reading is not a good idea when you are supposed to be quiet because at times you just have to laugh out loud. (I listened to this while at work in the back room of the library trying to stifle the chuckles). Several of the chapters are a little too serious and philosophical for my taste. But how can you not want to know about "Mars Probe Finds Kittens" or "The Sledgehammer: How It Works". The audio contains only 2 cds so if you want a fast and funny hour or so I recommend it.
Der Untertitel der deutschen Ausgabe ist wirklich "Blanker Unsinn". Denn der amerikanische Komiker Steve Martin hat mit dem Büchlein "Blanker Unsinn" keinen "Roman" vorgelegt, sondern eine Sammlung von 25 kuriosen Sprachspielen, in denen zentrale Institutionen und Diskurse der amerikanischen Gesellschaft mit Schalk und mit Schärfe demontiert werden. Der pingelige, weltfremde Wissenschaftsbetrieb der Westküsten-Poststrukturalisten muss genauso daran glauben wie die egozentrische Traummaschine Hollywood; Heimwerker, Männer in der midlife crisis, hartnäckige Ex-Liebhaber und die Oberschlauen von MENSA - ihre Schwächen und Selbsttäuschungsmanöver werden freundlich und detailliert bloßgelegt. AwardsDistinctions
Steve Martin's talent has always defied definition: an actor who's kept us riveted for over 25 years, a razor-sharp screenwriter, an acclaimed playwright. In this ingeniously funny collection of humorous riffs, those who thought Martin's gifts were confined to the screen will discover what readers of The New Yorker magazine already know: that Martin is a master of the written word. Hilariously funny and intelligent in their skewering of the topic at hand, the audiobook's pieces, some of which first appeared in The New Yorker, feature Martin at his finest. With a playwright's ear for dialogue, a sense of irony only Steve Martin could muster, and a first-class comic ability to perfectly time the punch line, Pure Drivel will have listeners crying with laughter, and marveling at the fact that in addition to all of his many talents, Steve Martin is also a superb writer. No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)814.54Literature English (North America) American essays 20th Century 1945-1999LC ClassificationRatingAverage:
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