Cleopatra's Nose: 39 Varieties Of Desire Comedy Just who am I

Just who am I

-Robin Hood

With every tourist now having a reasonably good camera at their disposal―even in their cellphone

Melville Davisson Post

the children hiding in the mirror

Cleopatra's Nose: 39 Varieties Of Desire Comedy Just who am ICleopatra's Nose is an exuberant gathering of essays and profiles representing twenty years of Judith Thurman's celebrated writing, particularly her fascination with human vanity, femininity, and "women's work" from haute couture to literature to commanding empires. The subjects are iconic (Jackie, the Bronts, Toni Morrison, Anne Frank) and multifarious (tofu and performance art, pornography and platform shoes, kimonos and bulimia); all inspire