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Sharon Pomerantz
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Born
Philadelphia, PA, The United States
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Anthony Trollope, Grace Paley, Somerset Maugham, Alice Munro, Deborah
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May 2007
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Rich Boy
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2010
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The Best American Short Stories 2003
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2003
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Rich Boy (Littérature étrangère (10582))
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anyone who lived through the 80s or is interested in Thatcher's London
read in January, 2007
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So far what's amazing about this book is the structure and how much he does in scene. It's as much about how the eighties changed gay life as it is about living in London during Margaret Thatcher and the Tories. The main character is both coming out
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lovers of 19th century or early 20th century lit
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Really an amazing novel by a now much forgotten writer (known mostly as the woman who had an affair with Virginia Wolf). I got to this via the BBC adaptation, which is excellent, though the book is even better. Especially relevant for any woman who w
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“But when he saw Gwendolyn's father, he immediately knew that he was Jewish, in the way that Jews recognize each other, as if with a sixth sense.”
― Rich Boy
― Rich Boy
“I don't mean to smear our people, but honestly, sometimes I thought the Jews were the worst. Not all, but you know the ones I'm talking about - they weren't like the kids in Oxford Circle, that’s for sure. You sent me off totally fucking unprepared, brother. Not a word of warning. Their doctor and dentist parents worked their way through school, but now they want their babies to go in style. They send them stereos and cars and blank checks. And those were the hippies! Running around in their flowing clothes, their noses surgically tilted in the air! Talking about oppression and the common man, and running off to volunteer at some job, calling it righteous because they don’t have to earn money. Or my favorite, going to summer camp until they’re like forty-five. You’re not a socialist because you sleep in a log cabin and dance in a circle! And who are they angry at, really angry at? Not the Man – they wouldn’t know the Man if he froze their Bloomingdale’s charge cards. No, they’re angry at their parents! The people who fund all this in the first place. If they don’t want their parents, send them my way. I’ve been looking all my life for someone to wipe my ass and pay my bills.”
― Rich Boy
― Rich Boy
“But when he say Gwendolyn's father, he immediately knew that he was Jewish, in the way that Jews recognize each other, as if with a sixth sense.”
― Rich Boy
― Rich Boy
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What an astounding quote to find in a fortune cookie.Love it.... Reena
Happy New Year, Reena; we must all "work on."
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Sharon