Asher Baum is quietly losing his mind. Can you blame him?
'Maybe what I really want is to make sense of all people’s lives. Of everything, the whole shebang'
A middle-aged Jewish journalist turned novelist and playwright, consumed with anxiety about everything under the sun, Baum's turgid philosophical books receive tepid reviews and his prestigious New York publisher has dropped him. His third marriage is on the rocks and he suspects his handsome and successful younger brother may have seduced his Harvard-educated wife. He is uneasy with her close relationship with her son, a more successful author than he, and suspicious of her closeness with their neighbour in Connecticut. And in a moment of irrationality, he has impulsively tried to kiss a pretty young journalist during an interview that she is about to go public with.
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WOODY ALLEN es escritor, director y actor. A los quince años empezó a escribir gags para la prensa y posteriormente trabajó como humorista de monólogos. Es autor de varios libros de relatos con la ciudad de Nueva York como escenario de sus enredos. Es un ferviente apasionado del jazz y un entusiasta de los eventos deportivos. Vive en la zona del Upper East Side de Manhattan con su esposa, Soon-Yi, con quien lleva casado más veinte años, y sus dos hijas, Manzie y Bechet. Según sus propias palabras, lamenta no haber hecho ninguna gran película, aunque asegura que lo sigue intentando.