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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- Officiële naam
- Owens, Iris
- Pseudoniemen en naamsvarianten
- Daimler, Harriet
Klein, Iris - Geboortedatum
- 1929
- Overlijdensdatum
- 2008-05-20
- Geslacht
- female
- Nationaliteit
- USA
- Land (voor op de kaart)
- USA
- Geboorteplaats
- Brooklyn, New York, USA
- Woonplaatsen
- New York, New York, USA
Paris, France - Opleiding
- Barnard College
Brooklyn College - Beroepen
- novelist
- Relaties
- Koch, Stephen (friend)
- Organisaties
- Olympia Press
- Korte biografie
- 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)
- Ontwarringsbericht
- Used the pseudonym Harriet Daimler for pornographic writings. Please do not combine them.
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After Claude (New York Review Books Classics) door Iris Owens
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.
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.
Very funny satirical rant from a crazed antiheroine, a 1970s female precursor to one of Gary Shteyngart's mad self-centered narrators.
Harriet is leaving her boyfriend, Claude, after six months together. Or at least that is what we are expected to understand of the situation, only it transpires that Harriet is a lot more work than she makes herself out to be...
The title, 'After Claude,' can be read in two ways (always a good sign with titles). Does it mean 'what comes after Claude', or does it mean 'I'm chasing after Claude'?
Sometimes the book is too clever for its own good, and Harriet's overbearing personality weighs a little heavy - but on its own terms I would say that the novel is a success. If you ever wondered what 'Portnoy's Complaint' would be like if it was written by a woman, you'd have 'After Claude.'… (meer)
The title, 'After Claude,' can be read in two ways (always a good sign with titles). Does it mean 'what comes after Claude', or does it mean 'I'm chasing after Claude'?
Sometimes the book is too clever for its own good, and Harriet's overbearing personality weighs a little heavy - but on its own terms I would say that the novel is a success. If you ever wondered what 'Portnoy's Complaint' would be like if it was written by a woman, you'd have 'After Claude.'… (meer)
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