Metropolitan Life

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I also appreciate how she doesn't spend a great deal of time with fancy words, and long, flowing sentences, she wastes no words. In these essays, Lebowitz turns her trademark caustic wit to everything from children ('rarely in the position to lend one a truly interesting sum of money'), to novelty ice cubes ('flowers belong in one's lapel, not in one's bourbon') and landlords ('it is the solemn duty of every landlord to maintain an adequate supply of roaches'). By using the Web site, you confirm that you have read, understood, and agreed to be bound by the Terms and Conditions. I found some of those essays amusing, some of which were primarily concepts followed by a lot of non-sequiturs, such as “ Food for Thought and Vice Versa” or “ Parental Guidance”, a lot of the others revolving around the need to supply a weekly essay to the magazine she was employed in at the time (Interview, then Mademoiselle, at the time, according to Wikipedia) and her inability to find a suitable subject for it, and none too memorable. I got the audiobook version (the publisher combined this and Social Studiesto make The Fran Lebowitz Reader).

com, the Sell on Etsy app, and the Etsy app, as well as the electricity that powers Etsy’s global offices and employees working remotely from home in the US. I’d wanted to live here since I was five years old and the book confirmed every dream I had about what life could be like if you surrounded yourself with the right people. Fran Lebowitz, Metropolitan Life In 1978, when Metropolitan Life was published, New York City was all the rage, and we thought these urbane witticisms were the funniest thing ever.The Studio 54 crowd of the late 1970s, that Andy Warhol/Fran Lebowitz came out of, were some of the most dynamic, artistic, edgy, intellectuals ever. The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. Hardcover, [octavo], quarterbound black cloth spine, gilt spine titles, orange boards, illustrated dust jacket, 177 pp.

I'm old enough to remember mood rings and CB radios, but they wern't all that funny then, and they are definitely not funny now. Change country: -Select- Australia Austria Belgium Brazil Canada Chile China Czech Republic Denmark Finland France Germany Greece Hong Kong Hungary India Indonesia Ireland Italy Japan Malaysia Netherlands New Zealand Norway Philippines Poland Portugal Puerto Rico Saint Helena Slovakia South Africa South Korea Spain Sweden Switzerland Taiwan Thailand Turkey United Kingdom United States Vatican City State Virgin Islands (U. We take pride in offering a wide selection of used books, from classics to hidden gems, ensuring there’s something for every literary palate.Metropolitan Life Insurance Company: Instructions to medical examiners of the Metropolitan LIfe Insurance Company. Read this when it first came out, because of a review in NYT Book review which, unfortunately, as so often, held at least half the best lines in the book. An Abstract Expressionist is later sent in to negotiate, and he accuses Braque X, the leader of the Cubists, of having no perspective on the matter. Metropolitan Life Insurance Company: Preventing taxicab accidents : a report of a survey conducted by the National Association of Taxicab Owners in cooperation with the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company.

Metropolitan Life Insurance Company: Mortality statistics of insured wage-earners and their families : experience of the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, Industrial Department, 1911 to 1916, in the United States and Canada (Metropolitan Life Insurance, 1919), also by Louis I.

Lebowitz clearly has a witty, frequently snarky voice but I found most of it only mildly entertaining or interesting to read. Metropolitan Life Insurance Company: Training supervisors and key-men ([New York] : [Metropolitan Life Company], [1935]. A study of physical defects among school children in New York city (American child health association, 1934), also by American Child Health Association, New York (N. Very good book; very good dust jacket, spine ends worn and soiled, spine faded Hardcover, [octavo], quarterbound black cloth spine, gilt spine titles, orange boards, illustrated dust jacket, 177 pp. Before the Chelsea Hotel was essentially demolished, Leibowitz gave a reading of perhaps a chapter, perhaps just passages, in the little blue lit bar downstairs.

Although very dated in her references and in the events she describes, her wit and wordplay are spot-on.You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. Read more about the condition Very Good: A book that has been read and does not look new, but is in excellent condition. THERE IS EXCELLENT COMMUNICATION FROM THE SELLER, ANY TIME I HAD A QUESTION OR CONCERN REGARDING THIS ITEM, BEFORE AND AFTER I MADE PAYMENT.