false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170261357m/44458.jpg 44458 1 Dorothy Parker, more than any of her contemporaries, captured the spirit of her age in her writing. The decadent 1920S and 1930s in New York were a time of great experiment and daring for women. For the rich, life seemed a continual party, but the excesses took their emotional toll. With a biting wit and perceptive insight, Dorothy Parker examines the social mores of her day and exposes the darkness beneath the dazzle. Her own life exemplified this duality, for a while she was one of the most talked-about women of her day, she was also known as a "masochist whose passion for unhappiness knew no bounds". As philosopher Irwin Edman said, she was "a Sappho who could combine a heartbreak with a wisecrack". Her dissection of the jazz age in poetry and prose is collected in this volume along with articles and reviews. 43808 31 5 2001 The Collected Dorothy Parker (Penguin Modern Classics) total:68|5:35|4:23|3:10|2:0|1:0| 68 297 97 8 44458 014118258X 9780141182582 68 8 4.37 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170261357m/44458.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/44458.The_Collected_Dorothy_Parker 5 1 false Tue Jul 03 15:57:13 -0700 2007 Tue Jul 03 16:22:26 -0700 2007
I can't wait to read a book so egregious that it warrants the use of Parker's witticism, "This is not a novel to be tossed aside lightly. It should be thrown with great force" in my review.

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Short stories - some of which are so perfect that they made my heart hurt. One made me sigh out loud in the dentist surgery because of its ending. Funny, acerbic, and something that is very rare, I think - women written...more...]]> 44458 014118258X 9780141182582 68 8 4.37 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170261357m/44458.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/44458.The_Collected_Dorothy_Parker 4 0 false Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sun Sep 09 13:15:25 -0700 2007 Sun Sep 09 15:33:53 -0700 2007 more...]]> 44458 014118258X 9780141182582 68 8 4.37 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170261357m/44458.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/44458.The_Collected_Dorothy_Parker 5 0 false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1981 Sat Nov 24 09:59:36 -0800 2007 Sat Nov 24 10:04:56 -0800 2007
A most for all who love crisp, witty and insightful writing.]]> 44458 014118258X 9780141182582 68 8 4.37 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170261357m/44458.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/44458.The_Collected_Dorothy_Parker 5 0 false Fri Feb 23 01:28:50 -0800 2007 Fri Feb 23 01:31:21 -0800 2007
It's dry, and sour, and bitter, and delicious. ]]> 44458 014118258X 9780141182582 68 8 4.37 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170261357m/44458.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/44458.The_Collected_Dorothy_Parker 4 0 false Sat Sep 08 14:31:55 -0700 2007 Sat Sep 08 14:39:29 -0700 2007
Men seldom make passes
at girls who wear glasses


Hilarious... always a good story or a nice poem.
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