Cleopatra's Nose
Subtitle: 39 Varieties of Desire
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Published: October 16, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 448
ISBN-13: 9780374126513
Subjects: Essays; Literary Collections / Essays; American Essays; Literary Collections; Literature - Classics / Criticism; Literature: Classics
Description: "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"--Haute couture to literature to commanding empires."--Jacket.