The portable Dorothy Parker

基本信息

Series:Penguin Classics Deluxe Editions

Illustrated by:Seth

Format:Paperback / softback 640 pages

Publisher:Penguin Putnam Inc

Imprint:Penguin USA

ISBN:9780143039532

Published:28 Mar 2006

Weight:682g

Dimensions:215 x 148 x 44 (mm)

页面参数仅供参考，具体以实物为准

书籍简介

这是六十年来的第二次修订，这本崇高的文集涵盖了这位二十世纪最受引用的作家之一的诗歌、故事、散文和新闻报道。

在这个21世纪的新版本中，忠实的崇拜者一定会找到他们最喜欢的诗句和故事。为了更完整、更真实地描绘她的一生，本书还添加了各种新鲜材料。多萝西·帕克严肃作品的核心是她关于种族、劳工和国际政治的政治著作。《A Dorothy Parker Sampler》将崇高、愚蠢与恐怖混合在一起，由诗歌、故事、散文、政治新闻、写作演讲，以及她从未想过要写下来的朗朗上口的押韵诗组成的。

引言两个新的部分是为了尽可能丰富帕克本人。《Self-Portrait》再版了她1956年接受《巴黎评论》采访的内容，这是她与20世纪最优秀的作家进行的一系列著名对话(《Writers at Work》)的一部分。

《Letters: 1905-1962》的副标题可能是《Mrs. Parker Completely Uncensored》呈现了一个半世纪以来的来往信件，从1905年12岁的多萝西在长岛度假时写给她父亲的信开始，到1962年好莱坞来信的结尾，信中描述了她对玛丽莲·梦露的喜爱。

这版本包含一篇Marion Meade写的引言，封面由著名平面设计师Seth设计，也是漫画《波路卡城》的创作者。

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.

In this new twenty-first-century edition, devoted admirers will be sure to find their favorite verse and stories. But a variety of fresh material has also been added to create a fuller, more authentic picture of her life’s work. At the heart of her serious work lie her political writings dealing with race, labor, and international politics. “A Dorothy Parker Sampler” blends the sublime and the silly with the terrifying, a sort of tasting menu of verse, stories, essays, political journalism, a speech on writing, plus a catchy off-the-cuff rhyme she never thought to write down.

The introduction of two new sections is intended to provide the richest possible sense of Parker herself. “Self-Portrait” reprints an interview she did in 1956 with The Paris Review, part of a famed ongoing series of conversations (“Writers at Work”) conducted with the best of twentieth-century writers.

“Letters: 1905-1962,” which might be subtitled “Mrs. Parker Completely Uncensored,” presents correspondence written over the period of a half century, beginning in 1905 when twelve-year-old Dottie wrote her father during a summer vacation on Long Island, and concluding with a 1962 missive from Hollywood describing her fondness for Marilyn Monroe.

Features an introduction by Marion Meade and cover illustrations by renowned graphic artist Seth, creator of the comic series Palooka-ville 

For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators. 

作者简介

多萝西·帕克(Dorothy Parker, 1893年8月22日- 1967年6月7日)，美国诗人、作家、评论家和讽刺作家。她最出名的是她的机智，俏皮话和对20世纪城市小缺点的洞察力。

Dorothy Parker (August 22, 1893 – June 7, 1967) was an American poet, writer, critic, and satirist based in New York; she was best known for her wit, wisecracks, and eye for 20th-century urban foibles.