This Is a Book
Autor Demetri Martinen Limba Engleză Paperback – 9 apr 2012
THIS IS A BOOKwas an instant and long-lastingNew York Timesbest seller, and is the renowned comedian's hilarious foray into prose comedy. In these pages, Martin expands on the sensibility he's developed on stage as an award-winning stand-up comedian and on television as a writer-performer onLate Night with Conan O'Brien, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, and his own Comedy Central series,Important Things with Demetri Martin.
Featuring narrative essays, short stories, and conceptual pieces (such as "Protagonists' Hospital," where doctors treat only the shoulder wounds of Hollywood action heroes) as well as Martin's signature drawings, absurdities, and one-liners,THIS IS A BOOKdelivers sharp jokes, colorful characters, and interesting surprises.
Martin takes readers to places as far-off as Ancient Greece ("Socrates's Publicist") and the distant future ("Robot Test," where everyone must take a test to prove that they are not robots). He recounts a lonely man's visit to a strip club in the form of a five-hundred-word palindrome ("Palindromes for Specific Occasions"). And he examines the human condition ("Human Cannonball Occupational Hazards") and the competing world-views of divergent groups ("Optimist, Pessimist, Contortionist").
Martin's material is varied, but his unique voice and brilliant mind will keep readers in stitches from beginning to end.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780446539692
ISBN-10: 0446539694
Pagini: 288
Dimensiuni: 140 x 210 x 19 mm
Greutate: 0.36 kg
Editura: Grand Central Publishing
Colecția Grand Central Publishing
ISBN-10: 0446539694
Pagini: 288
Dimensiuni: 140 x 210 x 19 mm
Greutate: 0.36 kg
Editura: Grand Central Publishing
Colecția Grand Central Publishing
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Notă biografică
Demetri
Martin
rose
to
relative
obscurity
when
he
started
doing
stand-up
comedy
in
New
York
City
at
the
end
of
the
20thCentury.
Later
he
became
a
writer
atLate
Night
with
Conan
O'Brienand
then
a
regular
performer
onThe
Daily
Show
with
Jon
Stewart.
In
2003,
Demetri
won
the
Perrier
Award
at
the
International
Fringe
Festival
for
his
first
one-man
show,If
I.
He
released
a
comedy
album
calledThese
Are
Jokesand
then
created
and
starred
in
his
own
television
series
calledImportant
Things
with
Demetri
Martin.
His
first
stand-up
comedy
special,Demetri
Martin.
Personis
considered
by
many
to
be
his
longest
and
only
hour-long
stand-up
comedy
special.
Martin
has
appeared
in
movies
as
an
actor,
most
recently
in
Steven
Soderbergh'sContagionand
most
lengthily
in
Ang
Lee'sTaking
Woodstock.
His
first
book,This
Is
a
Book
by
Demetri
Martinis
aNew
York
TimesBestseller.
Demetri
has
brown
hair,
and
he
is
allergic
to
peanuts.
You
can
find
him
at
www.demetrimartin.com,
at
www.facebook.com/demetrimartin,
on
Twitter
@demetrimartin,
and
in
various
places
in
the
actual
physical
world.
Recenzii
"This
book
embodies
the
essence
of
Demetri's
comedy
to
perfection,
which
is
a
good
thing
since
he
wrote
it.
Silly
but
incredibly
smart,
it's
exactly
what
puts
me
in
awe
of
his
work."
-Will Ferrell
"When I first sawImportant Things With Demetri Martin, I said to myself, "this is the funniest thing ever." I was wrong.This Is A Bookis better." -Malcolm Gladwell, author ofOutliers: The Story of Success
"This book is so funny I forgot to laugh. I know that sounds like a childish criticism, but I mean it literally: This book is so funny, I forgot a whole bunch of things--who I am, what I stand for, large chunks of my childhood, my sense of equilibrium, how to fall asleep, and when I'm supposed to laugh at things."-Chuck Klosterman
"Demetri Martin has a very funny and original mind. If I could draw a graph explaining how funny and original he is, I would. But I don't do that. Demetri does that."-Conan O'Brien
"Throughout, Martin jokes in many guises, silly one moment, barbed the next, and he achieves a satirical brilliance." -Publishers Weekly
"The best [material] would be at home in one of Woody Allen's classic books...Martin has energy to burn."-Kirkus
-Will Ferrell
"When I first sawImportant Things With Demetri Martin, I said to myself, "this is the funniest thing ever." I was wrong.This Is A Bookis better." -Malcolm Gladwell, author ofOutliers: The Story of Success
"This book is so funny I forgot to laugh. I know that sounds like a childish criticism, but I mean it literally: This book is so funny, I forgot a whole bunch of things--who I am, what I stand for, large chunks of my childhood, my sense of equilibrium, how to fall asleep, and when I'm supposed to laugh at things."-Chuck Klosterman
"Demetri Martin has a very funny and original mind. If I could draw a graph explaining how funny and original he is, I would. But I don't do that. Demetri does that."-Conan O'Brien
"Throughout, Martin jokes in many guises, silly one moment, barbed the next, and he achieves a satirical brilliance." -Publishers Weekly
"The best [material] would be at home in one of Woody Allen's classic books...Martin has energy to burn."-Kirkus
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