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Cleopatra's Nose: 39 Varieties of Desire
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher Picador USA
Publication date October 28, 2008
Pages 427
Binding Paperback
Edition Reprint
Book category Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13 9780312427757
ISBN-10 0312427751
Dimensions 0.75 by 5.50 by 8.50 in.
Weight 0.78 lbs.
Original list price $17.00
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A New York Times Notable Book of 2007

Cleopatra's Nose is an exuberant gathering of essays and profiles, representing twenty years of Judith Thurman's writing, particularly her fascination with human vanity, femininity, and "women's work"--a term that, in her definition, encompasses haute couture, literature, and ruling empires. The subjects are varied--Cleopatra, Jackie Kennedy, Anne Frank; tofu, performance art, pornography--but as a whole these essays hint at the central preoccupations of a uniquely inquisitive mind.



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Hardcover
Book cover for 9780374126513
 
from Farrar Straus & Giroux (October 16, 2007)
9780374126513 | details & prices | 427 pages | 6.50 × 9.50 × 1.00 in. | 1.60 lbs | List price $27.50
About: A new anthology of essays by the National Book Award-winning author of Isak Dinesen: The Life of a Storyteller focuses on the themes of human vanity, femininity, and 'women's work' as she addresses such topics as Toni Morrison, tofu, performance art, pornography, platform shoes, fashion, human sexuality, the nature of beauty, and the quest for power.
Paperback
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Reprint edition from Picador USA (October 28, 2008)
9780312427757 | details & prices | 427 pages | 5.50 × 8.50 × 0.75 in. | 0.78 lbs | List price $17.00
About: A New York Times Notable Book of 2007Cleopatra's Nose is an exuberant gathering of essays and profiles, representing twenty years of Judith Thurman's writing, particularly her fascination with human vanity, femininity, and "women's work"--a term that, in her definition, encompasses haute couture, literature, and ruling empires.

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