The Resource Half empty, David Rakoff
Half empty, David Rakoff
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The item Half empty, David Rakoff represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Austin Public Library.This item is available to borrow from 5 library branches. This resource has been enriched with EBSCO NoveList data.
Resource Information
The item Half empty, David Rakoff represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Austin Public Library.
This item is available to borrow from 5 library branches.
This resource has been enriched with EBSCO NoveList data.
- Summary
- The witty David Rakoff defends the notion that you should always assume the worst, because you'll never be disappointed
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- 1st Anchor Books edition
- Extent
- 224 p.
- Note
- Copyright date 2010
- Contents
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- The bleak shall inherit
- Shrimp
- Isn't it romantic?
- The satisfying crunch of dreams underfoot
- Dark meat
- On juicy
- A capacity for wonder
- I feel dirty
- All the time we have
- Another shoe
- Isbn
- 9780767929059
- Label
- Half empty
- Title
- Half empty
- Statement of responsibility
- David Rakoff
- Title variation
- 1/2 empty
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- The witty David Rakoff defends the notion that you should always assume the worst, because you'll never be disappointed
- Summary
- Presents a whimsical defense of pessimism that intersperses accounts of the author's own experiences with wry observations on universal absurdities and injustices
- Award
- Thurber Prize for American Humor, 2011.
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 356957
- Cataloging source
- BTCTA
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Rakoff, David
- Dewey number
- 814/.6
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- aPN6165
- LC item number
- .R35 2011
- Literary form
- non fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Pessimism
- American wit and humor
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- Half empty, David Rakoff
- Note
- Copyright date 2010
- Contents
- The bleak shall inherit -- Shrimp -- Isn't it romantic? -- The satisfying crunch of dreams underfoot -- Dark meat -- On juicy -- A capacity for wonder -- I feel dirty -- All the time we have -- Another shoe
- Control code
- ocn699763763
- Dimensions
- 20 cm.
- Edition
- 1st Anchor Books edition
- Extent
- 224 p.
- Isbn
- 9780767929059
- System control number
- (OCoLC)699763763
- Label
- Half empty, David Rakoff
- Note
- Copyright date 2010
- Contents
- The bleak shall inherit -- Shrimp -- Isn't it romantic? -- The satisfying crunch of dreams underfoot -- Dark meat -- On juicy -- A capacity for wonder -- I feel dirty -- All the time we have -- Another shoe
- Control code
- ocn699763763
- Dimensions
- 20 cm.
- Edition
- 1st Anchor Books edition
- Extent
- 224 p.
- Isbn
- 9780767929059
- System control number
- (OCoLC)699763763
Library Locations
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