I’m writing a (very) mini-memoir today, on my first few days
in Prague two years ago. So far, it seems to be about Google Streetview (which
is really the coolest) and eating a pork knee. Might not sound like the most
interesting topic for a memoir, until you remember than a Czech pork knee looks
like THIS:
Might still not sound so interesting actually. We’ll see.
I’m struggling over the tone. So far it’s been what seems to me very Memoir in
tone, sort of poetic and wistful, but I think lots of it could benefit from a
much funnier approach. Sedarisey, self-caricaturing. Maybe I’ll manage to mix
the two. Actually, that’s what I think Sedaris does so well. Not the
wistful/poetic so much as just the moving and honest, mixed with his trademark
hilariousness. See for example: Old Faithful.
Anyway, I guess I’ll get back to it. Wish me luck.
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