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Half Empty audiobook
- By: David Rakoff
- Narrator: David Rakoff
- Category: Essays, Form, HUMOR
- Length: 50 minutes
- Publisher: Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group
- Publish date: January 01, 2010
- Language: English
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Half Empty Audiobook Summary
The inimitably witty David Rakoff, New York Times bestselling author of Don’t Get Too Comfortable, defends the commonsensical notion that you should always assume the worst, because you’ll never be disappointed.
In this deeply funny (and, no kidding, wise and poignant) book, Rakoff examines the realities of our sunny, gosh everyone-can-be-a-star contemporary culture and finds that, pretty much as a universal rule, the best is not yet to come, adversity will triumph, justice will not be served, and your dreams won’t come true.
The book ranges from the personal to the universal, combining stories from Rakoff’s reporting and accounts of his own experiences: the moment when being a tiny child no longer meant adults found him charming but instead meant other children found him a fun target; the perfect late evening in Manhattan when he was young and the city seemed to brim with such possibility that the street shimmered in the moonlight—as he drew closer he realized the streets actually flickered with rats in a feeding frenzy. He also weaves in his usual brand Oscar Wilde–worthy cultural criticism (the tragedy of Hollywood’s Walk of Fame, for instance).
Whether he’s lacerating the musical Rent for its cutesy depiction of AIDS or dealing with personal tragedy, his sharp observations and humorist’s flair for the absurd will have you positively reveling in the power of negativity.
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Half Empty Full Details
| Narrator | David Rakoff |
| Length | 50 minutes |
| Author | David Rakoff |
| Category | |
| Publisher | Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group |
| Release date | April 28, 2024 |
| ISBN | 9780307738851 |
Subjects
The publisher of the Half Empty is Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group. includes the following subjects: humor, essays, lgbt, memoir, literary essays, negativity, positive thinking, American culture, half empty, funny books for adults, funny books for women best sellers, mom stocking stuffers, uplifting gifts, uplifting books for women, quirky gifts for women, quirky gifts, books for living, books for women, funny books for women, humorous books for adults, humorous books for women, large print books for seniors, comedy, biography, biographies, philosophy, autobiographies, biographies and memoirs, funny books, memoirs, HUMOR, Form, Essays, Biography & Autobiography, Personal Memoirs, Philosophy, Essays The BISAC Subject Code is Essays, Form, HUMOR
Additional info
The publisher of the Half Empty is Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group. The imprint is Random House Audio. It is supplied by Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group. The ISBN-13 is 9780307738851.
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This book is only available in the United States.
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