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This edition brings together some of Ephron’s most famous writing on a generation of women (and men) who helped shape the way we live now, and on events ranging from the Watergate scandal to the Pillsbury Bake-Off. In these sharp, hilariously entertaining, and vividly observed pieces, Ephron illuminates an era with wicked honesty and insight. From the famous “A Few Words About Breasts” to important pieces on her time working for the New York Post and Gourmet Magazine, these essays show Ephron at her very best.

La frase proviene de las memorias de Keith Richards, guitarrista de los Rolling Stones, pero también pudo haber sido la primera línea de este libro inclasificable que, con una desmesura que acaso participa del fetichismo y que no excluye la provocación, se ha propuesto pensar en la peluca, en lo que tiene de impostura y de protésico, como una vía oblicua para elaborar un retrato de la civilización occidental. Con una elocuencia humorística que no renuncia a la profundidad, Luigi Amara desgrana uno tras otro los curiosos episodios que la peluca ha protagonizado a lo largo de la historia.

Words matter. They wound, they inflate, they define, they demean. They have nuance and power. "Effortless", "Sassy", "Ambitious", "Aggressive": What subtle digs and sneaky implications are conveyed when women are described with words like these? Words are made into weapons, warnings, praise, and blame, bearing an outsized influence on women's lives - to say nothing of our moods.

Ever suffered the collective flatulence of 80 c-passengers while sailing on a serene Asian river? Or called out for rescue in true Bollywood style while locked up in a minaret in Persia? Or had to cross a pack of hyenas en route to the loo?