- Hardcover: 184 pages
- Publisher: Harmony Books (Feb 1997)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0517701790
- ISBN-13: 978-0517701799
- Product Dimensions: 21.8 x 14.2 x 2.3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 2,075,154 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"Diary of an Emotional Idiot "is a coming-of-age novel as it might be trod by steel-toed boots and slippled by hypodermics; it's a roman a clef featuring sex and chains, same-sex sex, sex in rehabs, and ridiculously compulsive abuse of multiple partners; it's a primitive, joyous mess of a cartoon book about! the way some people live now, and it should infuriate nine out of ten lovers of heartfelt, carefully wrought novels about rural life. Be in on the controversy."
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A slyly constructed semi-autobiographical story about a young woman skirting the edge of the '90s, dealing with relationships, her less-than-perfect past, and artistic angst, Diary of an Emotional Idiot is edgy and entertaining--a mesmerizing story of the more surreal aspects of day-to-day living on country back roads and Manhattan's East Village. 192 pp. Author tour. National media & online publicity. 30,000 print.
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Format:Hardcover
Maggie--if she dosn't burn out--, can be as great a writer as the past several decades have seen. I am admittedly of the 60's, Maggie. where the hell were you then ? I think she;
Loved me like blossoming flowers
Bursting out with the zany needs
Of petal attraction
Only to wilt, fall, and rot,
Rootstock suckling once again
The dirt of her existence
Till the next time.
Uhmmm---
Maggie--Whadda gal.
Loved me like blossoming flowers
Bursting out with the zany needs
Of petal attraction
Only to wilt, fall, and rot,
Rootstock suckling once again
The dirt of her existence
Till the next time.
Uhmmm---
Maggie--Whadda gal.
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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Funny, sad, and strange.
1 Dec 1999
Format:Hardcover
I am heartbroken that this book is no longer in print. A few years ago, when I was flat broke, I found myself so engrossed by it that I read it while sitting on the floor of a bookstore because I couldn't afford to buy it, not just once but twice. Now that I can afford it it's unavailable. Estep is strange, original, and gruesomely funny; this (apparently) autobiographical first novel is unlike anything else I've ever read, a mixture of high culture, punk rock, drugs, sex, romance, and idealism. Throughout Estep chronicles her own and others' losses and dreams with spare, deadpan sentences. These events almost seem to speak for themselves, but of course it is a mark of her artfulness that we have the impression that the story tells itself.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
a NEW author worth reading.
18 Jan 2001
Format:Hardcover
Maggie Estep's talent is in telling stories in a twisiting, gyrating manner, with all the grace of a great dancer. Her prose is undistractingly clear, but has all the wild movement and intensity of Kerouac's spontaneous prose, with all the fluidity and flair of Joyce's stream of conciousness.
The nice thing about the book is that many of the constructions and catchphrases are also used in her songs. The sentences push ahead with a poetic rythm, enforced by her nasal, yet surprisingly sharp voice, almost singing in my head. It's no surprise this book is the work of a poet...
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
keeps your interest at least
18 Dec 1998
Format:Hardcover
I bought the book orginally due to the fact I was a fan of her poetry, stemming back to the old MTV days. I finally had to order the book and knew what the subject matter was and had a pretty good idea of how Maggie would apporoach writing a novel (I am literature student). It is an entertaining book, if nothing else. I can't say it changed my outlook on life yet it was not a pain or a waste of time to read. What one would expect when one antipates reading a "contemporary" novel.
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