Do you like David Sedaris? Picturing you sitting,...

2005-09-23T18:04:00.000+02:00

Do you like David Sedaris? Picturing you sitting, in your Swedish class, in Sweden, speaking Swedish, made me think of Sedaris' book, "Me Talk Pretty One Day". He moves to France for 2 years, to be with his partner, and immerses himself in a French class, with no other Americans. It’s very comparable to what you’re anticipating your class to be like.
In an interview he did while he was living and studying in France, he said: “I'm writing about coming to France, starting school. What's interesting about being here is that everything is so new that my senses are so heightened. I regularly experience feelings of terror, joy, and joy and terror mixed together. The more I learn and the more I find my way around, the less it will be that way.
It makes me think of all the people in New York who can't speak English and who must be terrified of the guy who comes to read their gas meter or desperately hope the clerk will show them how much they owe instead of just telling them. I've never thought about those people and now I'm one of those people.”
The book is a riot. You should read it. Unless, of course, you don't like David Sedaris, in which case, totally disregard this comment.

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