Cleopatra's Nose
Cleopatra''s Nose is an exuberant gathering of essays and profiles representing twenty years of Judith Thurman''s celebrated writing, particularly her fascination with human vanity, femininity, and "women''s work"—from haute couture to literature to commanding empires. The subjects are iconic (Jackie, the Brontës, Toni Morrison, Anne Frank) and multifarious (tofu and performance art, pornography a...
Cleopatra''s Nose is an exuberant gathering of essays and profiles representing twenty years of Judith Thurman''s celebrated writing, particularly her fascination with human vanity, femininity, and "women''s work"—from haute couture to literature to commanding empires. The subjects are iconic (Jackie, the Brontës, Toni Morrison, Anne Frank) and multifarious (tofu and performance art, pornography a...
