tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2023956444265128672.post1917949203127331337..comments2024-03-29T04:12:48.987+08:00Comments on The Reading Life: Dorothy Parker-Three Short Stories-Mel uhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08714473754458914681noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2023956444265128672.post-58989958387158812332011-05-25T22:55:56.880+08:002011-05-25T22:55:56.880+08:00Ds-so far I have read only six short stories-I wil...Ds-so far I have read only six short stories-I will have to buy the Portable Dorothy Parker one of these days!Mel uhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08714473754458914681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2023956444265128672.post-53200199177832213202011-05-23T01:03:30.656+08:002011-05-23T01:03:30.656+08:00Ah, my dear friend Ms. Parker. Do read her essays ...Ah, my dear friend Ms. Parker. Do read her essays & reviews; they are as sharp as her stories and as much fun. Her gift for irony is unsurpassed, I think.dshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07616750784052488695noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2023956444265128672.post-13100320998776171622011-05-22T06:05:21.347+08:002011-05-22T06:05:21.347+08:00As the crowe flies and reads-the best Parker short...As the crowe flies and reads-the best Parker short story is considered to be "Big Blond"-I would say start with her probably most read story "The Telephone Call", then "An Arrangement in Black and White" then, saving "Big Blond" for last, the other three.Mel uhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08714473754458914681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2023956444265128672.post-82410751335842022582011-05-22T05:53:40.505+08:002011-05-22T05:53:40.505+08:00I don't know much about Dorothy Parker, other ...I don't know much about Dorothy Parker, other than she was considered one of only three truly witty people of the twentieth century by some publication (the others were oscar wilde and winston churchill). And that she's credited (though it may be apocryphal) with the ditty "I love to drink a martini, two at the very most. Three, I'm under the table. Four, I'm under my host."<br /><br />Where should I start--of the ones you've read, which is the best, most quintessential Parker?As the Crowe Flies and Readshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12110661562901480120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2023956444265128672.post-25612598762010519402011-05-21T22:16:11.550+08:002011-05-21T22:16:11.550+08:00I might check these short stories out. Thanks for ...I might check these short stories out. Thanks for stooping by my blog.Jo Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00917704326736252690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2023956444265128672.post-56978362419540995782011-05-21T22:04:11.980+08:002011-05-21T22:04:11.980+08:00C. B. James-I have read only six of her short stor...C. B. James-I have read only six of her short stories-I would love to read more or her work one day-thanks for stopping byMel uhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08714473754458914681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2023956444265128672.post-13863234492393908742011-05-21T21:42:36.013+08:002011-05-21T21:42:36.013+08:00I guess I don't know enough about her to say i...I guess I don't know enough about her to say if you are right or not, but I can see her saying "all of my friends are men." Have you read any of her essays or reviews? Those are also a lot of fun and can be found in most collections of her work.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06906212382849291562noreply@blogger.com