Everything Is Going to Be Great - An Underfunded and Overexposed European Grand Tour

Zusatztext "Shukert is a hugely funny! wildly smart! and menacingly original writer. I don't much care for leaving the house! but if I were ever to travel! I'd want to do it in book form and alongside Rachel! who has one billion crazy stories set in foreign lands! all beautifully told." Informationen zum Autor Rachel Shukert is a playwright, performer, and the author of Have You No Shame? And Other Regrettable Stories . Her writing has appeared in McSweeney's and Heeb , and on Salon , Slate , Gawker , Nerve , and The Daily Beast , as well as featured on National Public Radio and in numerous print anthologies. Shukert was born and raised in Omaha, Nebraska, and now lives in New York City with her husband and her bipolar cat. Klappentext When she lands a coveted nonpaying, nonspeaking role in a play going on a European tour, Rachel Shukert—with a brand-new degree in acting from NYU and no money—finally scores her big break. And, after a fluke at customs in Vienna, she gets her golden ticket: an unstamped passport, giving her free rein to “find herself” on a grand tour of Europe. Traveling from Vienna to Zurich to Amsterdam, Rachel bounces through complicated relationships, drunken mishaps, miscommunication, and the reality-adjusting culture shock that every twentysomething faces when sent off to negotiate "the real world"—whatever that may be. Zusammenfassung “Shukert's sharp comic turns careen smack into the middle of our hearts." — Los Angeles Times From performer! playwright! comedian! author and writer and producer of "Glow" and "Superirl" Rachel Shukert ! Everything Is Going to Be Great ! is a hilarious memoir of traveling through Europe in her twenties. Rachel chronicles her youthful navigation through the haphazard fun and debauchery of new freedoms! and the growing pains that ultimately accompany “adulthood.” Fans of Sloane Crosley and David Sedaris are going to love Shulkert’s story! and her sharp! smart humor. ...

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Rachel Shukert
• Editore: Harper Perennial USA
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 27.07.2010
• EAN: 9780061782350
• ISBN: 978-0-06-178235-0
• Pagine: 336
• Dimensioni: 135 mm x 205 mm x 22 mm
• Serie: HarperPerennial
• Categorie: Saggistica > Filosofia, religione > Biografie, autobiografie; History, Europe, Biography: general, Memoirs, Humour, Travel writing, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Social and cultural history, Western Europe, Anthologies: general, Travel and holiday, Biography: historical, political and military, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Personal Memoirs, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Women, TRAVEL: Europe / Western, TRAVEL: Europe / Great Britain, HUMOR: Topic / Travel, TRAVEL: Europe / General, LITERARY COLLECTIONS: Women Authors, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Rich & Famous, HISTORY: Essays, HUMOR: Topic / History