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Iris Owens (1929–2008)

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(eng) Used the pseudonym Harriet Daimler for pornographic writings. Please do not combine them.

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Rechtmäßiger Name
Owens, Iris
Andere Namen
Daimler, Harriet
Klein, Iris
Geburtstag
1929
Todestag
2008-05-20
Geschlecht
female
Nationalität
USA
Land (für Karte)
USA
Geburtsort
Brooklyn, New York, USA
Wohnorte
New York, New York, USA
Paris, France
Ausbildung
Barnard College
Brooklyn College
Berufe
novelist
Beziehungen
Koch, Stephen (friend)
Organisationen
Olympia Press
Kurzbiographie
Iris Owens (née Klein) was born and raised in New York City, the daughter of a professional gambler.  She attended Barnard College, was briefly married, and then moved to Paris, where she fell in with Alexander Trocchi, the editor of the legendary avant-garde journal Merlin and a notorious heroin addict, and supported herself by producing pornography under the name of Harriet Daimler for Maurice Girodias’s Olympia Press.  Her second novel, Hope Diamond Refuses, was loosely based on her marriage to an Iranian prince.  (New York Review of Books Press)
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Used the pseudonym Harriet Daimler for pornographic writings. Please do not combine them.

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I filed this one under depression after spending a few hours with the darkly funny, pathetic, fanciful, deluded Harriet in this 1973 novel. After she has been moved to the Chelsea Hotel by the more-decent-than-I-would-have-been Claude, we encounter a setting smacking of primal scream therapy: "trapped groans filled my throat..." as her "guide" Roger chants "Let the demons out." But Harriet's demons are not to be corralled as she collapses yet again in wait for a man, any port in the storm to salve her paralyzed psyche and inertia. I thought of Edie Sedgewick or one of Jean Rhys' sad characters for whom the dark humor would be of no help.
And I am missing something so read this excellent, admiring review http://theamericanscholar.org/sex-and-the-single-woman/#.UfSQG9LVCh0
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featherbooks | 25 weitere Rezensionen | May 7, 2024 |
Protagonist is a badass crazy bitch who I was rooting for and found pretty funny and sad. Enjoyed the book. I heard it's extremely autobiographical, but I'd like to believe she had all sorts of meaning and anger fueling this fictional character. The tuna. Oh god. Also, it was weirdly insightful about that quiet disdain felt in relationships. The breakup scenes were painfully nuts and accurate.
 
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ostbying | 25 weitere Rezensionen | Jan 1, 2023 |
So sharp and witty. I am certain that I even missed a lot of the witticisms just because they were constant and delivered so quickly. The last quarter of the book felt a little out of place for me, almost like a different novel, but I still loved this over all. Funny, bitchy, unique, and smart.
 
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BibliophageOnCoffee | 25 weitere Rezensionen | Aug 12, 2022 |
Very funny satirical rant from a crazed antiheroine, a 1970s female precursor to one of Gary Shteyngart's mad self-centered narrators.
 
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