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Synopsis
A new anthology of Dorothy Parker's writing, including "Big Blonde," which won the O. Henry Prize in 1929. In addition to pieces that have been re-published in the past, this volume contains 13 stories and nine sketches that have not appeared in any previous collection.
| Size | | Length: | 480 pages | | Height: | 8.0 in | | Width: | 5.0 in | | Thickness: | 0.8 in | | Weight: | 11.2 oz |
Industry Reviews
"Mrs. Parker's published work does not bulk large. But most of it has been pure gold and...are so potent and a distillation of nectar and wormwood, of ambrosia and deadly nightshade, as might suggest to the rest of us that we all write far too much.
Reference Books - Alexander Wollcott
"Like Horace, she writes satires that are seen as a form opposed not to tragedy (that would be comedy) but to epic. She deals with the commonplace, the everyday, even the trivial if it reveals something useful."
Reference Books - Arthur F. Kinney
"If it is easier to visit the world of the twenties and thirties through Mrs. Parker's short stories and soliloquies than through her verse, it is also more rewarding; to a startling degree, they have a substance, a solidity, that the poems do little to prepare us for. Not the least hint of the Round Table is detectable in the stories....The author keeps her distance...."
Reference Books - Brendan Gill
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