Lena Dunham

"Lena Dunham es la persona más cool del año", Revista TimeLena Dunham, la aclamada creadora, productora y protagonista de la serieGirls, nos sorprende con una divertidísima, sabia y honesta colección de reflexiones personales que la convierte en una de las escritoras jovenes con mas talento del momento. EnNo soy ese tipo de chica Dunham habla de aquellas experiencias que hacen de nosotros lo que somos: enamorarse, sentirse solo, pesar cinco kilos de mas, hablar en una sala llena de hombre que te doblan la edad, mantener a las buenas amigas, deshacerse de los novios nocivos, encontrar el amor verdadero y, por encima de todo, tener el valor de creer que tu historia merece ser contada.Dunham cuenta sin tapujos su primera vez y como sus expectativas sexuales no encajaron con el acto en si. Tambien expora su tendencia a sentirse atraida hacia hombres que no le convienen, nos regala una profunda reflexion sobre su obsesion con la muerte e, incluso, imagina el libro que escribira cuando tenga ochenta años y ya no le importe hablar del sexismo y la condescendencia que imperan en Hollywood.

For readers of Nora Ephron, Tina Fey, and David Sedaris, this hilarious, wise, and fiercely candid collection of personal essays establishes Lena Dunhamthe acclaimed creator, producer, and star of HBOs Girlsas one of the most original young talents writing today.In Not That Kind of Girl, Dunham illuminates the experiences that are part of making ones way in the world: falling in love, feeling alone, being ten pounds overweight despite eating only health food, having to prove yourself in a room full of men twice your age, finding true love, and most of all, having the guts to believe that your story is one that deserves to be told.Take My Virginity (No Really, Take It) is the account of Dunhams first time, and how her expectations of sex didnt quite live up to the actual event (No floodgate had been opened, no vault of true womanhood unlocked); Girls & Jerks explores her former attraction to less-than-nice guysguys who had perfected the dynamic of disrespect she found so intriguing; Is This Even Real? is a meditation on her lifelong obsession with death and dyingwhat she calls her genetically predestined morbidity. And in I Didnt F*** Them, but They Yelled at Me, she imagines the tell-all she will write when she is eighty and past caring, able to reflect honestly on the sexism and condescension she has encountered in Hollywood, where women are treated like the paper thingies that protect glasses in hotel bathroomsnecessary but infinitely disposable.Exuberant, moving, and keenly observed, Not That Kind of Girl is a series of dispatches from the frontlines of the struggle that is growing up. Im already predicting my future shame at thinking I had anything to offer you, Dunham writes. But if I can take what Ive learned and make one menial job easier for you, or prevent you from having the kind of sex where you feel you must keep your sneakers on in case you want to run away during the act, then every misstep of mine will have been worthwhile.

For readers of Nora Ephron, Tina Fey, and David Sedaris, this hilarious, poignant, and extremely frank collection of personal essays confirms Lena Dunham - the acclaimed creator, producer, and star of HBO''s Girls - as one of the brightest and most original writers working today."Not That Kind of Girl is hilarious, artful, and staggeringly intimate; I read it shivering with recognition." - Miranda JulyFrom the acclaimed creator, producer and star of HBO''s Girls comes a hilarious, wise and fiercely candid collection of personal essays that establishes Lena Dunham as one of the most original young talents writing today.In Not That Kind of Girl, Dunham illuminates the experiences that are part of making one''s way in the world: falling in love, feeling alone, being ten pounds overweight despite eating only health food, having to prove yourself to a room full of men twice your age, finding true love, and most of all, having the guts to believe that your story is one that deserves to be told.Exuberant, moving and keenly observed, Not That Kind of Girl is a series of despatches from the frontlines of the struggle that is growing up. "I''m already predicting my future shame at thinking I had anything to offer you," Dunham writes. "But if I can take what I''ve learned and make one menial job easier for you, or prevent you from having the kind of sex where you feel you must keep your sneakers on in case you want to run away during the act, then every misstep of mine will have been worthwhile."

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Includes two new essays!NAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY MICHIKO KAKUTANI, THE NEW YORK TIMES NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY BUZZFEED, THE GLOBE AND MAIL, AND LIBRARY JOURNALFor readers of Nora Ephron, Tina Fey, and David Sedaris, this hilarious, wise, and fiercely candid collection of personal essays establishes Lena Dunhamthe acclaimed creator, producer, and star of HBOs Girlsas one of the most original young talents writing today. In Not That Kind of Girl, Dunham illuminates the experiences that are part of making ones way in the world: falling in love, feeling alone, being ten pounds overweight despite eating only health food, having to prove yourself in a room full of men twice your age, finding true love, and most of all, having the guts to believe that your story is one that deserves to be told. Take My Virginity (No Really, Take It) is the account of Dunhams first time, and how her expectations of sex didnt quite live up to the actual event (No floodgate had been opened, no vault of true womanhood unlocked); Girls & Jerks explores her former attraction to less-than-nice guysguys who had perfected the dynamic of disrespect she found so intriguing; Is This Even Real? is a meditation on her lifelong obsession with death and dyingwhat she calls her genetically predestined morbidity. And in I Didnt F*** Them, but They Yelled at Me, she imagines the tell-all she will write when she is eighty and past caring, able to reflect honestly on the sexism and condescension she has encountered in Hollywood, where women are treated like the paper thingies that protect glasses in hotel bathroomsnecessary but infinitely disposable. Exuberant, moving, and keenly observed, Not That Kind of Girl is a series of dispatches from the frontlines of the struggle that is growing up. Im already predicting my future shame at thinking I had anything to offer you, Dunham writes. But if I can take what Ive learned and make one menial job easier for you, or prevent you from having the kind of sex where you feel you must keep your sneakers on in case you want to run away during the act, then every misstep of mine will have been worthwhile.Praise for Not That Kind of Girl The gifted Ms. Dunham not only writes with observant precision, but also brings a measure of perspective, nostalgia and an older persons sort of wisdom to her portrait of her (not all that much) younger self and her world. . . . As acute and heartfelt as it is funny.Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times Its not Lena Dunhams candor that makes me gasp. Rather, its her writingwhich is full of surprises where you least expect them. A fine, subversive book.David Sedaris This book should be required reading for anyone who thinks they understand the experience of being a young woman in our culture. I thought I knew the author rather well, and I found many (not altogether welcome) surprises.Carroll Dunham Witty, illuminating, maddening, bracingly bleak . . . [Dunham] is a genuine artist, and a disturber of the order.The Atlantic

In this rowdy, frank reflection on illness, fame, sex, and everything in between, the remarkable mind behind the hit series Girls and the bestselling author of Not That Kind of Girl asks whether fulfilling her creative ambitions has been worth the pain.For the last decade, as shes spent countless hours in doctors waiting rooms searching for diagnoses, treatments, and relief, being the owner and operator of Lena Dunhams body has felt, as she puts it, like towing a wrecked car across town at midnight. Its not easy dragging a wrecked car anywhere, much less to the Met Gala while sewn into a gold lame corset. Or to the set of the hit show that youas a twenty-five-year-oldare writing, directing, producing, and starring in. Or to the White House, the Golden Globes, or your publicists office to discuss the latest internet disaster. But Dunham does iteven if it means interminable hospital stays, vomiting in the bathroom when shes meant to be meeting Oprah, or terrifying those closest to herbecause she can no longer tell the difference between fighting to do what she loves and being a servant to her own ambition. All the while, she is holding out for a love that can withstand her personal and public challenges and, more than anything, yearning to feel like herself againif only she could remember who that self was.As Dunham takes us through her journey, tracking her rise to famefrom selling the pilot of Girls to the presentin three acts, it becomes clear that the spotlight casts long shadows, distorting the relationships she once held dear and isolating everyone in its glare. When an endless supply of drugs cant protect you from painand begins to control your every movebeing famous doesnt stand a chance against the darker corners of the human experience.In Famesick, Dunham asks herself what the cost of fulfilling her dreams has really been, and whether it was worth it. What she finds is deeper than physical relief, and more lasting, as she learns to live with what she cant change and turn her regrets into wisdom that can carry her forward, as she reconnects to what, and who, she loves.

Lena Dunham, acclaimed writer-director-star of HBO and Sky Atlantics Girls and the award-winning movie Tiny Furniture, displays her unique powers of observation, wisdom and humour in this exceptional collection of essays. If I could take what Ive learned and make one menial job easier for you, or prevent you from having the kind of sex where you feel you must keep your sneakers on in case you want to run away during the act, then every misstep of mine was worthwhile. Im already predicting my future shame at thinking I had anything to offer you, but also my future glory in having stopped you from trying an expensive juice cleanse or thinking that it was your fault when the person you are dating suddenly backs away, intimidated by the clarity of your personal mission here on earth. No, I am not a sexpert, a psychologist, or a dietician. I am not a mother of three or the owner of a successful hosiery franchise. But I am a girl with a keen interest in having it all, and what follows are hopeful dispatches from the frontlines of that struggle.

L’altra cara de la moneda de Sex in the City: un món on el noi mai no és l'adequat, les amigues et diuen la veritat i el sexe no sempre és fantàstic. No sóc d’aquesta mena de noies és el llibre perf

For readers of Nora Ephron, Tina Fey, and David Sedaris, this hilarious, poignant, and extremely frank collection of personal essays confirms Lena Dunham - the acclaimed creator, producer, and star of HBO's 'Girls' - as one of the brightest and most original writers working today. "If I could take what I've learned and make one menial job easier for you, or prevent you from having the kind of sex where you feel you must keep your sneakers on in case you want to run away during the act, then every misstep of mine was worthwhile. I'm already predicting my future shame at thinking I had anything to offer you, but also my future glory in having stopped you from trying an expensive juice cleanse or thinking that it was your fault when the person you are dating suddenly backs away, intimidated by the clarity of your personal mission here on earth. No, I am not a sexpert, a psychologist, or a dietician. I am not a mother of three or the owner of a successful hosiery franchise. But I am a girl with a keen interest in having it all, and what follows are hopeful dispatches from the frontlines of that struggle."

Lisa Yuskavage es una de las pintoras vivas más aclamadas. Conocida por su original enfoque de la pintura figurativa, Yuskavage desafía las interpretaciones convencionales del género. A veces juguetonas y a veces tristes, sus personajes audaces, excentricos, exhibicionistas e introspectivos habitan composiciones fantasticas y vividas, asumiendo el doble papel de sujeto y objeto. Aunque inspirada en la cultura popular, la tecnica de la artista esta profundamente arraigada en la historia de la pintura, estableciendo una tension subyacente entre polos opuestos como lo alto y lo bajo, lo sagrado y lo profano, la armonia y la disonancia. La primera monografia propiamente dicha de Yuskavage presenta mas de 150 imagenes a color, incluyendo fotografias ineditas de su estudio, junto con perspicaces contribuciones textuales de Barry Schwabsky, Lena Dunham y Ariel Levy.