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Books : Dreaming of Hitler |
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 814.54
EAN: 9780156006118
ISBN: 0156006111
Label: Harvest Books
Manufacturer: Harvest Books
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 384
Publication Date: January 29, 1999
Publisher: Harvest Books
Studio: Harvest Books
Sales Rank: 542999
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Product Description:
An entertaining collection of maverick essays by an extraordinary writer. Whether writing about the pleasures of spanking, losing her religion, rock 'n' roll, the erotic lure of the movies, her own failed marriage, or other vexed subjects, Daphne Merkin is alway compulsively readable, tough-minded, recklessly candid, and controversial.
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Ms. Merkin dares to bare her soul and takes on a lot of PC thinking. How is this "anti-woman"? In fact, she is shows us the sort of courage and bravery that makes a good feminist!
Part of the issue revolves around the fact that she openly discusses fetishes and sexual identity issues that the PC feminists wish didn't exist. In their vain attempts to crush her into shame and silence, they reveal themselves to be no better than their twisted twins on the right.
As for Ms. Merkin: ... Read More
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Merkin is to be admired for her wit, honesty, and refined ability to soul-search. The best essays are those that concern her life experiences--those focussing on a particular movie or a book are interesting, but not as involving, as her stellar ability to confess and to comprehend what she confesses. Like all very good writers, her honesty hits a nerve, and it was interesting, and saddening to me to see the irritation of a few shocked readers on Amazon. A Freudian would say she'd undone their repressions. ... Read More
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I'd dream of a better book if I was Daphne. Its incredible what sells for literature these days. This book is the equivalent of trashy TV-Talkshows but with an overabundance of fancy words. Don't waste your money. Buy it on the street for .25 cents, then maybe you'll get your money's worth. Useless and not even entertaining. You would get more mental stimulation counting your socks on a friday night than reading this book. Daphne, get a new therapist, and write something everyone would enjoy not just your ... Read More
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I was rather appalled at the author's utter lack of refinement. I found her book frequently offensive and vulgar. Her "open" discussion of sexual perversion and other delights is right up-to-the moment, but trendiness is no indicator of literary value. Her witty ramblings are as appealing, and about as nutritional, as cotton candy.
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Daphne Merkin is unfailingly interesting, no matter what the topic. I think it unfortunate that there are people who condemn her as 'antifeminist' or 'antiwomen', just because she risks speaking her mind. What a shame that there are women who choose to avoid all considered or thoughtful discussions on some of the matters she writes about with such intelligence. I will read anything that she writes.
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