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Sto caricando le informazioni... Selected Readings From The Portable Dorothy Parker (2007)di Dorothy Parker, Marion Meade (A cura di)
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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. Thank god that's over with. I believe that Parker's legacy as an extemporaneous wit far exceeds that of her prose. It is as a poet that she really shines. ( ) If you've never read any Dorothy Parker, you've missed a great deal of sharp observation, trenchant wit and a talent for the caustic one-liner that is rarely equaled. This is a nice collection of 30 or so pieces that provide a representative sampling of her work from The New Yorker, Vogue, Vanity Fair, Life, and the host of other places that published her work. It includes her O. Henry Award-winning "The Big Blonde". The thing about her writing is that, while it's bitingly funny, it usually exposes an underlying sadness in people or society. A too steady diet of it leaves me a bit cheerless. Therefore, I suggest sipping from this, keeping in on the nightstand and mixing in a story or review with your other reading. nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
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HTML: When it comes to expressing the pleasure and pain of being just a touch too smart to be happy, Dorothy Parker is still the champion, after all these years. Along with Robert Benchley, Alexander Woollcott, and the rest of the Algonquin Round Table, she dominated American popular literature in the 1920s and 1930s. These unabridged selections of more than thirty short stories and poems is essential for any Parker fan and an excellent way for new readers to make the acquaintance of one of the twentieth century's most quotable authors, whose memorable lines include: "She runs the gamut of emotions from A to B," "This is not a novel to be tossed aside lightly. It should be thrown with great force," and "Men seldom make passes at girls who wear glasses." Parker's ability to lay bare the follies, myths, and hypocrisies of her characters in such a wickedly funnyâ??sometimes sadâ??manner is unmatched, and her attention to language, quirks, and the other little details of life make her stories come vividly to life Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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