Cleopatra's Nose: 39 Varieties of Desire

by Judith Thurman

Book Overview

"Cleopatras Nose "is an exuberant gathering of essays and profiles representing twenty years of Judith Thurmans celebrated writing, particularly her fascination with human vanity, femininity, and... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0374126518
• ISBN13: 9780374126513
• Release Date: October 2007
• Publisher: Farrar Straus Giroux
• Length: 427 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.4" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

What a pleasure for the innately curious reader!

Provocative, expertly researched and intelligently reasoned. As with all of Thurman's books, this is a delight to read. One never has the impulse to skim but, rather, to savor each word she has so carefully chosen.