Liz's review
The Portable Dorothy Parker (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)
by Dorothy Parker
Liz's review
The Portable Dorothy Parker (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) by Dorothy Parker
Liz's review
rating:
bookshelves:
20th-centurywomen,
anthologies,
essays,
fiction,
nonfiction,
shortstories
I was so surprised by this book--I never expected to read it all the way through in one go. "Portable" is a bit of a misnomer, but maybe it's so long because there's so much of her in it. That's what I got out of this book: a sense of DP as a person--smart, silly in a lot of ways (and totally embarrassed about her own inherent silliness), unhappy much of the time, but always with something to say. I loved the reviews for telling me all about what she liked and didn't like to watch and read (so much to learn about a person through his or her tastes!) and I loved the letters for being funny and friendly and gossipy.
It was like having Dorothy along with me, telling me all about it, and I was genuinely surprised and kind of bewildered to get to the end.
It was like having Dorothy along with me, telling me all about it, and I was genuinely surprised and kind of bewildered to get to the end.
