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What can you say, when a man asks you to dance with him? I most certainly will not dance with you. I’ll see you in hell first. Why, thank you, I’d like to awfully, but I’m having labor pains. Acerbic, pithy and vibrant, Dorothy Parker’s wr

Little Clothbound Classics: irresistible, mini editions of short stories, novellas and essays from the world's greatest writers, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith. Dorothy Parker was the most talked-about woman of the de

'She felt a cozy solidarity with the big company of the voluntary dead.' Wise-cracking and heartbreaking, these tales of women on the edge by the legendary wit Dorothy Parker show the darkness beneath the surface of the Jazz Age. Penguin

Wybór najlepszych opowiadań nowojorskiej pisarki słynącej z ciętego, sardonicznego dowcipu. Teksty te, napisane w pierwszej połowie XX wieku, „dojrzały” i przestały szokować, nie tracąc jednak na świeżości i polocie. Parker z olbrzymią, czę