Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk: A Modest Bestiary

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Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk: A Modest Bestiary is a 2010 collection of animal fables by American humorist David Sedaris. The book features short, often darkly humorous stories that use animals to explore human behaviors and societal observations. Sedaris is known for his sardonic autobiographical essays and social commentary, which have appeared in best-selling books and on the radio.12

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…a collection of animal fables, Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk: A Modest Bestiary. His later works included Let’s Explore Diabetes with Owls: Essays, Etc. (2013), which contained detailed anecdotes from his travels interspersed with fictional vignettes, and Theft by Finding (2017), a selection of his diary entries from 1977 to 2002. In…
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…a collection of animal fables, Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk: A Modest Bestiary. His later works included Let’s Explore Diabetes with Owls: Essays, Etc. (2013), which contained detailed anecdotes from his travels interspersed with fictional vignettes, and Theft by Finding (2017), a selection of his diary entries from 1977 to 2002. In…
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