||2 of 2 people found the following review helpful.| Again, A Must Read|By Constantine Evans|It's too bad that Somerset Maugham's Preface to the Portable Viking edition of Dorothy Parker is no longer in print, but a boon that all her stories still are. As in her poetry, Parker's wit carries the day. Wit, in a serious writer, is no small gift. It might be a good idea not to know much about her personal life (come on, nobody wins|From Publishers Weekly|Perhaps it was a disservice to collect all of Parker's stories in one place. Despite insistence to the contrary in a reasoned but ultimately unconvincing introduction by Regina Barreca, Parker wrote decently about the same things over and
As this complete collection of her short stories demonstrates, Dorothy Parker’s talents extended far beyond brash one-liners and clever rhymes. Her stories not only bring to life the urban milieu that was her bailiwick but lay bare the uncertainties and disappointments of ordinary people living ordinary lives.
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