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Here Lies: The Collected Stories of Dorothy Parker
"Il mio mondo è qui", una raccolta di racconti uscita in America nel 1939, è il libro che consacrò Dorothy Parker come "una grande scrittrice". Il libro, presentato in Italia nella traduzione che Eugenio Montale fece nel 1941, venne ripubblicato da Bompiani nel 1971 con un'introduzione di Fernanda Pivano. L'edizione qui riproposta riporta l'ormai storica prefazione della P...more
Hardcover, 362 pages
Published
June 1939
by The Viking Press
(first published 1939)
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Dorothy Parker's incredible wit doesn't quite shine through in this book, whose stories focus on emotional, dramatic, insecure, ridiculous high society. Perhaps radical for its time, but now, just kind of whiny and unsympathetic. Kind of like Sex and the City without any of the charisma (or sex).
Dorothy Parker's wit is timeless and without compare. I actually laughed out loud at many of the stories as I read, which for me is a rare reading event.
For those who know her longest & most for snarky observations of folks with too much time on their hands & not enough in their hearts, Parker's stories should be a revelation. Her observations of class and race are fearless, compassionate markers of the uneasiness and ignorance of her day. And of course no woman who has limped away from an insensitive dance partner should have to live without her very own copy of "The Waltz."
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If you love wit, if you appreciate a well turned phrase, and can enjoy the writing of a women who was so obviously before her time, then this is for you. Who can't love verse such as "Guns aren't lawful/Nooses give/Gas smells awful/You might as well live"! My sentiments exactly! Read and enjoy!
A good collection of Dorothy Parker's short stories; however, I was reminded of her focus on love gone wrong. She does it well, mind you... but it can get a little tedious after a while. I think I like her "monologues" the best - "The Waltz" still makes me giggle a bit.
I read the portuguese translation of this book, but loved it anyway.
I had only read "the phonecall" which I enjoyed even more now.
Delightful, "too bad" is one of my favorite stories.
I had only read "the phonecall" which I enjoyed even more now.
Delightful, "too bad" is one of my favorite stories.
If you can't appreciate Dorothy Parker, you may in fact be dead inside.
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Dorothy Parker was an American writer and poet, best known for her caustic wit, wisecracks, and sharp eye for 20th century urban foibles.From a conflicted and unhappy childhood, Parker rose to acclaim, both for her literary output in such venues as The New Yorker and as a founding member of the Algonquin Round Table. Following the breakup of the circle, Parker traveled to Hollywood to pursue scree...more
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“I'm never going to accomplish anything; that's perfectly clear to me. I'm never going to be famous. My name will never be writ large on the roster of Those Who Do Things. I don't do anything. Not one single thing. I used to bite my nails, but I don't even do that any more.”
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“I might repeat to myself, slowly and soothingly, a list of quotations beautiful from minds profound; if I can remember any of the damn things.”
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