Complete Stories by Dorothy Parker
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Book Summary Author: Dorothy Parker Editor: Colleen Bresse Introduction: Regina Barreca Edition: Paperback Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published) Published: 2002-12-31 ISBN: 0142437212 Number of pages: 480 Publisher: Penguin Classics |
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Book Reviews of the Complete Stories
Customer Review: Sharp Wit Impales Lives- No Survivors
Summary: 4 Stars
. Dorothy Parker live most of her life in hotel rooms, because she would rather starve than boil an egg, and smell than wash her own clothes. Her reason, also true, was, "I just need a place to lay my hat and a few friends".
. This biography is complete and helpful. It was a slog to get through the names of the many has-beens that populated her world. I gave it only 4 stars because of those many mentioned without explanation of who they were and why they mattered; and because the subject was such a bum. Another example of how brains, money, and arrogance combine to make a ruined life. Dorothy was brilliant, and her sharp wit entertained thousands during her reign. She wrote about her friends, drinking, money, unfaithfulness- the total of the lives of her many moneyed friends in New York City and Hollywood. An elitist by nature and arrogant by choice, she and her group are shown as desperate, lazy, unhappy, unsober; and quick to criticize the sober, happy, and hardworking for the sin of being boring.
. This is an indictment of the entire New York theater scene, and leftists of all stripes for good measure. Yes, I enjoyed it- and I'll never read it again.