HCBijouHCBijou:
The book is for my use only, otherwise I would have to send it back. The pages hadn’t been finished off - guillotined…..so I had to tear the last quarter of the book with a thin knife to separate pages at the top.
This suggests it should be in the reject pile, not being sold at full price! Very naughty…
United Kingdom on Sep 19, 2023
Lisa vancor:
I am really enjoying this book and it will go into my library, not passed on to anyone else.
Lisa Vancor
United States on May 20, 2022
Daninas:
Ich bin durch Zufall auf Dorothy Parker gekommen. Ich liebe ihre zynischen, scharfen Beobachtungen genauso wie ihre Liebeskummer-geprägte Lyrik.
Der Band (natürlich in Englisch) enthält Kurzgeschichten, Gedichte, Zeitungsartikel nach Anordnung von Parker selbst, sowie einen zweiten Teil in dem Beschreibungen zu Ihrem Leben, wie auch weitere Werke von ihr ergänzt wurden um einen noch besseren Überblick über ihr Schaffen zu ermöglichen.
Perfekt für zynische Romantiker!
Germany on Oct 21, 2021
Jéssica AmaralJéssica Amaral:
O livro é uma compilado de textos de Dorothy Parker, composto de poemas e artigos que escreveu para Vanity Fair, Harper's Bazaar, entre outros. A primeira parte do livro foi compilada pela própria Parker, as partes dois e três vieram depois da sua morte. Os textos tem os traços de sagacidade particulares de Dorothy, falam sobre racismo, direitos das mulheres, casamento, independência, e outras relações social, sobre a perspectiva de seu tempo.
Brazil on Nov 08, 2020
R. SKINNERR. SKINNER:
Oh, if only Dorothy Parker were alive today! Her wit and uncanny ability to puncture pretentious prose and oratory might make these dark times a bit brighter. Consider her comment on the death of Calvin Coolidge - “How could they tell?” - and imagine her finding laughable irony in today’s silliness. She was both of her time and relevant to the present and her writing so spot on that she stripped her targets of cant and pomposity and revealed them as the shams they were. This is an excellent compilation for not only what she said and wrote but also who she was. And she was something rare; not because of her gender but because she had such a clear-eyed view of the world around her in a time women were having to struggle to be heard even more than remains the case today.
United States on Jan 20, 2019
Amazon Customer:
Simply amazing! And with a wonderful cover as well.
Germany on Jan 04, 2019
Richard Wiggins:
Dorothy Parker was known for great wit and witticism. This compilation affords a deeper understanding of her thinking. Sometimes, from what you see cited, you wish her thinking was deeper. Sometimes you will find she has some wiser things to say. The book offers enough of her writings so as to gain more understanding as to what she was all about. We often reduce Dorothy Parker to witticisms - which today we would call sound bites.
For instance, there is the famous review of a play that she once wrote, in which, we are told, Dorothy Parker simply wrote "The House Beautiful is, for me, the play lousy." Circa 1931. If that is not a sound bite, I do not know what is, even though no one used that term in 1931. This book allows you to read much deeply into her writings and thinking.
Dorothy Parker was a wise woman, a deep thinker, a witty writer, and a person of deep troubles. This book gives a few hundred pages of insight into this person in her own words.
United States on Mar 02, 2013
Moris:
Tagliente e cinica: (inaspettatamente) un gran classico della letteratura americana, per decenni al vertice delle vendite negli USA.
Dopo aver prestato, e perso, la traduzione italiana, sono contento di avere comprato la versione originale.
Italy on Dec 29, 2012
S. S. Scott:
I'm delighted that Mrs. Parker is still in print. I have the old Viking Portable (a gift from a friend some years back), and needed to acquire a copy for a friend who had not read Dorothy Parker's works before. I may need to purchase this edition for myself; I read part of the introduction, which is updated from the earlier edition. The more time goes by, the more appreciation there appears to be for this amazing woman's intelligence and wit. The ragged page edges are somewhat annoying, especially for a book like this that I, at least, like to thumb through, but I've seen this treatment in other books so it appears to be the latest fad in publishing circles. I hope they get over it soon. My favorite poems are Resume, Frustration, and Inventory. The short story The Telephone is a timeless testament to impatience. I have a visit with Mrs. Parker several times a year, just randomly flipping through the book to read stories, poems, and her reviews.
United States on Nov 06, 2006
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| Total Reviews | 5 reviews | 32 reviews | 9 reviews |
| Best Sellers Rank | #56 in Humorous American Literature #2,577 in Classic Literature & Fiction #5,609 in Literary Fiction | #435 in Artist & Architect Biographies #990 in Individual Artists #1,380 in Author Biographies | #406 in Emigrants & Immigrants Biographies #3,005 in Traveler & Explorer Biographies #3,427 in Author Biographies |
| Item Weight | 1.56 pounds | 10.5 ounces | 11 ounces |
| Publisher | Penguin Classics; Deluxe edition | Mariner Books; Reprint edition | Penguin Books; Reprint edition |
| Paperback | 656 pages | 368 pages | 400 pages |
| Classic Literature & Fiction | Classic Literature & Fiction | ||
| Customer Reviews | 4.7 4.7 out of 5 stars 389 ratings var dpAcrHasRegisteredArcLinkClickAction; P.when.execute { if { dpAcrHasRegisteredArcLinkClickAction = true; A.declarative { if { ue.count || 0) + 1); } } ); } }); P.when.execute { A.declarative{ if { ue.count || 0) + 1); } }); }); | 4.3 4.3 out of 5 stars 1,266 ratings var dpAcrHasRegisteredArcLinkClickAction; P.when.execute { if { dpAcrHasRegisteredArcLinkClickAction = true; A.declarative { if { ue.count || 0) + 1); } } ); } }); P.when.execute { A.declarative{ if { ue.count || 0) + 1); } }); }); | 4.5 4.5 out of 5 stars 265 ratings var dpAcrHasRegisteredArcLinkClickAction; P.when.execute { if { dpAcrHasRegisteredArcLinkClickAction = true; A.declarative { if { ue.count || 0) + 1); } } ); } }); P.when.execute { A.declarative{ if { ue.count || 0) + 1); } }); }); |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0143039532 | 978-0544944435 | 978-0143111047 |
| Humorous American Literature | Humorous American Literature | ||
| ISBN-10 | 0143039539 | 0544944437 | 0143111043 |
| Literary Fiction (Books) | Literary Fiction | ||
| Dimensions | 5.67 x 1.67 x 8.36 inches | 5.31 x 0.9 x 8 inches | 5.49 x 0.85 x 8.22 inches |
| Language | English | English | English |
United States on Jan 03, 2024