Cleopatra's Nose: 39 Varieties of Desire
by Judith Thurman
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- Paperback
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- ISBN 10
- 0312427751
- ISBN 13
- 9780312427757
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THURMAN, Judith: Cleopatra's Nose: 39 Varieties of Desire. New York, Picador/Farrar Straus and Giroux, 2007. Stated First Picador Edition: 2008. Softcover, 427 pp. Subject: Nonfiction / Essays / Literary / Women's Studies. Condition: Good. The main defect of the book involves ruffling of pages (page corners and edges bent). Otherwise a copy in readable condition with all pages clean and unmarked. This book "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...these essays hint at the central occupations of a uniquely inquisitive mind." ISBN: 9780312427757
Synopsis
"These essays previously appeared, in slightly different form, in The New Yorker"--T.p. verso.
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- The Brooklyn Bookman (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 345296535
- Title
- Cleopatra's Nose
- Author
- Judith Thurman
- Format/Binding
- Softcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No DJ
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Stated First Picador Edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0312427751
- ISBN 13
- 9780312427757
- Publisher
- Picador
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2007
- Pages
- 427
- Keywords
- Nonfiction / Essays / Literary / Women's Studies
- Bookseller catalogs
- THE BROOKLYN BOOKMAN – USED, OUT OF PRINT, RARE & COLLECTIBLE BOOKS CATALOG; Women's Studies; Nonfiction / Essays;
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