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The Portable Dorothy Parker

(Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)

By Dorothy Parker

(28)

| Paperback | 9780143039532

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Book Description

The second revision in sixty years, this sublime collection ranges over the verse, stories, essays, and journalism of one of the twentieth century's most quotable authors.

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The Portable Dorothy Parker

The Portable Dorothy Parker Marion Meade, ed. Penguin Paperback 640 pages March 2006 In the annals of 20th-century American literati, a sturdy legend is that of a group of writers who met in the 1920s at New York's Algonquin Hotel to, it almost seems ... (read full critics)

curledup published on Tue, 7 Sep 2010

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"Razors pain you; Rivers are damp;
Acids stain you; And drugs cause cramp;
Guns aren't lawful; Nooses give;
Gas smells awful; You might as well live."
Ironica, arguta, la Parker è scrittrice svelta e diretta, capace di smaschere con pochi colpi di penna le più imbarazzanti ipocr ... (continue)

"Razors pain you; Rivers are damp;
Acids stain you; And drugs cause cramp;
Guns aren't lawful; Nooses give;
Gas smells awful; You might as well live."
Ironica, arguta, la Parker è scrittrice svelta e diretta, capace di smaschere con pochi colpi di penna le più imbarazzanti ipocrisie sociali e di sconfiggere con una risata la malinconia dell'essere.

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Drownsoda2 said on Mar 3, 2008 | Add your feedback

loved "Big Blonde."

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Middlemarch said on Nov 4, 2010 | Add your feedback

Fabulous cover art and a "bible" of sorts for any Dorothy Parker fan. One of my favorite sit on the front porch on a lazy afternoon reads.

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GeekGirl said on May 19, 2008 | Add your feedback