Lena Dunham

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

¿Luchar por tu pasión o convertirte en esclava de tu propia ambición? Un testimonio feroz sobre la enfermedad, la fama y el verdadero precio de perseguir tus sueños. En estas crudas memorias, Lena Dunham se enfrenta a la pregunta que ha marcado su vida adulta: si el dolor es el precio que hay que pagar por cumplir tus sueños. Durante la ultima decada, mientras su carrera ascendia de forma meteorica desde la venta del piloto de Girls hasta las alfombras rojas, la Casa Blanca o los Globos de Oro, Dunham fue testigo de como su cuerpo parecia derrumbarse. Hospitalizaciones interminables, diagnosticos inciertos, dependencia farmacologica y crisis personales acompañaron cada logro. Arrastrar su propio cuerpo, como quien remolca un coche averiado en mitad de la noche, se convirtio en la condicion invisible de su exito. Dividido en tres actos que recorren su ascenso y sus sombras, este libro indaga en el modo en que la vida profesional puede distorsionar las relaciones, aislar y amplificar las fragilidades. Cuando ni el reconocimiento ni los medicamentos logran anestesiar el sufrimiento, la pregunta por el sentido se vuelve ineludible. En Famesick, Dunham examina el coste de sus ambiciones y emprende el camino hacia un aprendizaje transformador que la lleva a aceptar lo que no puede cambiar, a reconciliarse con sus limites y a sustituir el arrepentimiento por una fortaleza capaz de sostenerla.

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."

"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.

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.

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."