The Most of Nora Ephron

Resumen del libro

A whopping big celebration of the work of the late, great Nora Ephron, America's funniest--and most acute--writer, famous for her brilliant takes on life as we've been living it these last forty years.
Everything you could possibly want from Nora Ephron is here--from her writings on journalism, feminism, and being a woman (the notorious piece on being flat-chested, the clarion call of her commencement address at Wellesley) to her best-selling novel, "Heartburn, " written in the wake of her devastating divorce from Carl Bernstein; from her hilarious and touching screenplay for the movie "When Harry Met Sally . . . "("I'll have what she's having") to her recent play "Lucky Guy" (published here for the first time); from her ongoing love affair with food, recipes and all, to her extended takes on such controversial women as Lillian Hellman and Helen Gurley Brown; from her pithy blogs on politics to her moving meditations on aging ("I Feel Bad About My Neck") and dying.
Her superb writing, her unforgettable movies, her honesty and fearlessness, her nonpareil humor have made Nora Ephron an icon for America's women--and not a few of its men.

Biografía del autor

x{0026}lt;p x{0026}lt;b Nora Ephronx{0026}lt;/b (Nueva York, 1941-2012) inició su carrera como periodista. En 1975 publicó su primer libro de ensayos, x{0026}lt;i Ensalada locax{0026}lt;/i , que fue aclamado por la crítica y al que seguirían obras tan populares como la novela x{0026}lt;i Se acabó el pastelx{0026}lt;/i (1983), y los libros de ensayos x{0026}lt;i No me gusta mi cuellox{0026}lt;/i (2006; Libros del Asteroide, 2023) y x{0026}lt;i No me acuerdo de nadax{0026}lt;/i (2010; Libros del Asteroide, 2022), publicado poco antes de su muerte a los 71 años. Su carrera como cineasta fue igualmente exitosa. Fue nominada al Oscar al mejor guion original en tres ocasiones por x{0026}lt;i Silkwoodx{0026}lt;/i (1983), x{0026}lt;i Cuando Harry encontró a Sallyx{0026}lt;/i (1989) y x{0026}lt;i Algo para recordarx{0026}lt;/i (1993), que también dirigió. Entre su larga e influyente filmografía destacan además x{0026}lt;i Tienes un emailx{0026}lt;/i (1998) y x{0026}lt;i Julie x{0026}amp; Juliax{0026}lt;/i (2009), escritas y dirigidas por ella.x{0026}lt;/p