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Dork Whore: My Travels Through Asia as a Twenty-Year-Old Pseudo-Virgin Paperback – March 6, 2007
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Dork Whore is a fresh and funny memoir about a young woman whose quirky personality and embarrassing neuroses always seem to get in the way of her getting what she wants. As Iris lands in hotel rooms in Bangkok, rides scooters out of opium-fogged compounds hidden in the jungle, and antagonizes an impromptu tour group in Vietnam, she begins to realize that the greatest obstacle she'll have to overcome isn't losing her virginity, but coming to terms with the reasons for her need to be accepted. Poignant, hilarious, and always original, Dork Whore is a remarkable mix of bawdy humor and heartbreaking moments, witty intelligence and touching personal discoveries. Iris Bahr has given us an unforgettable coming-of-age tale about how a young woman finally learns how to trust others--and her own judgment.
- Print length224 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherBloomsbury USA
- Publication dateMarch 6, 2007
- Dimensions5.59 x 0.61 x 8.25 inches
- ISBN-101596912340
- ISBN-13978-1596912342
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“Bahr has a flair for the self-deprecating wisecrack, a trick that keeps this quick memoir moving.”—Kirkus Review
“Witty…touching details.”—Publishers Weekly
“Like Bruch Chatwin with a vagina, Paul Theroux with a sense of humor, Iris Bahr takes an external and internal journey that is exotic, unique, singular, personal, intimate, honest, exciting, wildly funny, smart, and strangely arousing”—Larry Charles, director of Borat and producer of Seinfeld and Curb Your Enthusiasm
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- Publisher : Bloomsbury USA (March 6, 2007)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 224 pages
- ISBN-10 : 1596912340
- ISBN-13 : 978-1596912342
- Item Weight : 8 ounces
- Dimensions : 5.59 x 0.61 x 8.25 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #2,784,714 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #8,404 in Travelogues & Travel Essays
- #13,892 in Traveler & Explorer Biographies
- #53,454 in Humor (Books)
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I read the Kindle edition which had many typographical errors. Clearly the book was scanned and nobody read the proof to be sure that it scanned correctly. Just to give you a sense of the types of errors in the book, in many places a forward slash replaces the word 'I'. How sad that nobody took the time to check the scan before publishing the Kindle edition. Dork Whore is still a really good read, even if you have to slog through the typos.
I wouldn't necessarily do a side by side comparison of the two, but they are of the same genre and they are both about a woman traveling to multiple countries in Asia to find themselves (and in Bahr's case, to find an orgasm as well).
However, Bahr does a much better job than Gilbert at verbalizing women's neuroses. I mean, I have had EVERY THOUGHT that Bahr describes. And if a girl who spent her adolescence in Israel has the same thoughts and feelings as a Catholic girl from the Midwest, then every woman must have felt this way at some point in their lives. So, this book is reaffirming for women, as well as an entertaining read. Also, if any man asks why us women are so complex, difficult, hard to understan, etc., then give them this book. This explains everything that is going through our heads.
Furthermore, this book is hilarious!!! A very entertaining read. And it is not because of the sexual nature of this book either. Bahr is a true comedian.
Could benifit from an editor, story drags at times, but I really enjoyed it regardless.
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Ich kenne aber Israelis gut genug, um zumindest dahingehend zu sagen, dass das Buch den Nagel auf den Kopf trifft.
Erfrischend geschrieben und sehr kurzweilig.