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Famesick
‘A reminder of how brilliant she can be’ THE TIMES ‘There is so much wisdom and recognition in this book. Dunham is so intimate and candid that on subjects like love, self-worth, burnout and the pursuit of perfection, you feel she is writing only for you’ I NEWS ‘Dunham is able to write about the painful parts of life in a way that feels both intimate and universal' GUARDIAN ‘On page and on screen, few people are willing to be as human as Lena Dunham’ OBSERVER ‘In its portrayal of the ecstasy, heartbreak and sheer thrill of what it is to be young and lost, Famesick reaffirms Dunham’s status as a generational voice’ FINANCIAL TIMES ‘Famesick is an ideal celebrity memoir with the added bonus of being written by someone who can actually write. But it’s also a shocking and funny read, clear-eyed and contextualized, a testament to what made her so interesting in the first place and why her work has always been so compelling’ SLATE ‘An earnest, exposing book; Its quick hits of wit are like sniffs from an oxygen mask’ NEW YORK TIMES ‘This memoir is an astonishing tour de force, blending Dunham’s characteristic self-revelation with her compellingly quirky voice’ IRISH SUNDAY INDEPENDENT ‘Typically exposing, brilliantly written, and so eloquently lays out what it means to have a chronic illness in a world that values ambition and productivity above all else’ VOGUE ‘The true value of Famesick is its insight into those people who really do live through their work. It is a rare analysis of the process of making art, and its neurotic effect on the nervous system when there is such a fine line between fiction and truth’ NEW STATESMAN ‘A compelling ride… she shows a courage that’s hard to look away from’ STYLIST ‘Famesick is gossipy and splashy, like all good celebrity memoirs, but contains an authenticity of emotion you won’t get from an A-Lister’s ghost-written tome. I couldn’t put it down’ ELLE UK
€ 20,95 -
Famesick
‘A reminder of how brilliant she can be’ THE TIMES ‘There is so much wisdom and recognition in this book. Dunham is so intimate and candid that on subjects like love, self-worth, burnout and the pursuit of perfection, you feel she is writing only for you’ I NEWS ‘Dunham is able to write about the painful parts of life in a way that feels both intimate and universal' GUARDIAN ‘On page and on screen, few people are willing to be as human as Lena Dunham’ OBSERVER ‘In its portrayal of the ecstasy, heartbreak and sheer thrill of what it is to be young and lost, Famesick reaffirms Dunham’s status as a generational voice’ FINANCIAL TIMES ‘Famesick is an ideal celebrity memoir with the added bonus of being written by someone who can actually write. But it’s also a shocking and funny read, clear-eyed and contextualized, a testament to what made her so interesting in the first place and why her work has always been so compelling’ SLATE ‘An earnest, exposing book; Its quick hits of wit are like sniffs from an oxygen mask’ NEW YORK TIMES ‘This memoir is an astonishing tour de force, blending Dunham’s characteristic self-revelation with her compellingly quirky voice’ IRISH SUNDAY INDEPENDENT ‘Typically exposing, brilliantly written, and so eloquently lays out what it means to have a chronic illness in a world that values ambition and productivity above all else’ VOGUE ‘The true value of Famesick is its insight into those people who really do live through their work. It is a rare analysis of the process of making art, and its neurotic effect on the nervous system when there is such a fine line between fiction and truth’ NEW STATESMAN ‘A compelling ride… she shows a courage that’s hard to look away from’ STYLIST ‘Famesick is gossipy and splashy, like all good celebrity memoirs, but contains an authenticity of emotion you won’t get from an A-Lister’s ghost-written tome. I couldn’t put it down’ ELLE UK
€ 26,50 -
Famesick
INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • 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 she’s spent countless hours in doctor’s waiting rooms searching for diagnoses, treatments, and relief, being the owner and operator of Lena Dunham’s body has felt, as she puts it, “like towing a wrecked car across town at midnight.” It’s not easy dragging a wrecked car anywhere, much less to the Met Gala while sewn into a gold lamé corset. Or to the set of the hit show that you—as a twenty-five-year-old—are writing, directing, producing, and starring in. Or to the White House, the Golden Globes, or your publicist’s office to discuss the latest internet disaster. But Dunham does it—even if it means interminable hospital stays, vomiting in the bathroom when she’s meant to be meeting Oprah, or terrifying those closest to her—because 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 again—if only she could remember who that self was.As Dunham takes us through her journey, tracking her rise to fame—from selling the pilot of Girls to the present—in 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 can’t protect you from pain—and begins to control your every move—being famous doesn’t 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 can’t change and turn her regrets into wisdom that can carry her forward, as she reconnects to what, and who, she loves.
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Famesick
Over succes, ziekte, roem, seks en alles daartusseninFamesick: de opzienbarende, openhartige memoires van de bekroonde en veelbesproken acteur, regisseur en schrijver Lena Dunham In deze rauwe en eerlijke reflectie op ziekte, roem, seks en alles daartussenin, maakt het meersterbrein achter de hitserie Girls en de bestseller Not That Kind of Girl de balans op van de afgelopen tien jaar Tijdens het afgelopen decennium, met vele ontelbare uren in wachtkamers op zoek naar diagnoses en behandelingen, was het geen pretje om in het lichaam van Lena Dunham te zitten. Volgens haar voelt dat alsof je midden in de nacht een kapotte, afgedankte auto probeert rond te slepen. Op zich al niet makkelijk, maar zeker niet als je, vastgesnoerd in een gouden korset, naar het Met Gala gaat. Of naar de filmset van de hitserie waarin je niet alleen acteert, maar die je als vijfentwintigjarige ook schrijft, regisseert én produceert. Of wanneer je naar het Witte Huis, de Golden Globes of het kantoor van je pr-manager moet om je nieuwste internetschandaal te bespreken. Maar Dunham doet het, ook als dat eindeloze ziekenhuisopnames met zich meebrengt en ze haar dierbaren de stuipen op het lijf jaagt omdat ze zelf het verschil tussen doorzetten en slaaf worden van haar eigen ambitie niet meer ziet. Ondanks dit alles blijft ze hopen op een liefdesrelatie die al deze uitdagingen, de publiekelijke en persoonlijke, kan overleven, en snakt ze ernaar om zich weer zichzelf te voelen – als ze tenminste nog weet wie dat is. In Famesick vraagt Dunham zich af wat de werkelijke prijs is geweest van het verwezenlijken van haar dromen, en of het dat waard was. Wat ze ontdekt gaat dieper dan fysieke verlichting en is blijvend. Ze leert leven met wat ze niet kan veranderen en zet haar spijt om in wijsheid die haar vooruit helpt, terwijl ze opnieuw verbinding maakt met wat, en wie, ze liefheeft. ‘Dunham is terug om ons opnieuw te charmeren, ons zachtjes mee te lokken onder de dekens van haar innerlijke leven. Het is tegenwoordig zeldzaam en noodzakelijk om een publiek figuur te hebben die, ondanks de prijs die ze daarvoor betaalt, zichzelf volledig voor ons openstelt – ditmaal in een boek over hoe dat haar bijna het leven kostte.’The New York Times Magazine‘Famesick is openhartig, nietsontziend, op sommige momenten ronduit schokkend, en eerlijker over de ervaring van roem dan alles wat ik heb gelezen. Zoals te verwachten is, is het ook erg grappig, fascinerend en moedig. Over dit soort dingen praten is een taboe, maar dat is natuurlijk nooit een uitdaging geweest waarvoor Lena Dunham is teruggedeinsd.’ The Guardian‘Dit boek bevestigt Dunhams talent als schrijver, zowel van proza als van scenario’s, en schept al snel een intimiteit die haar in staat stelt het grappige, het hartverscheurende en het groteske met elkaar te verweven. In de weergave van de extase, het liefdesverdriet en de pure opwinding van jong en zoekend zijn, bevestigt Famesick Dunhams status als de stem van een generatie.’Financial Times‘Melancholisch zonder zelfmedelijden. Lena Dunham klinkt het gelukkigst wanneer ze schrijft over haar vroege carrière – de roes van jong zijn, creatief en gedreven, zonder al te weten waar je naartoe gaat. Dunham is weer aan het werk en Famesick doet me hopen dat ze nooit meer hoeft te stoppen.’The Times ‘Lichtvoetig en onderhoudend, met geestige oneliners. Het biedt ook een meeslepend verhaal over chronische pijn bij vrouwen, een onderwerp dat door eeuwen van seksisme en sociaal taboe nog altijd in nevelen gehuld is. Sommige passages schitteren van inzicht en zelfbewustzijn.’ The Washington Post
€ 24,99 -
Famesick
INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • 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 she’s spent countless hours in doctor’s waiting rooms searching for diagnoses, treatments, and relief, being the owner and operator of Lena Dunham’s body has felt, as she puts it, “like towing a wrecked car across town at midnight.” It’s not easy dragging a wrecked car anywhere, much less to the Met Gala while sewn into a gold lamé corset. Or to the set of the hit show that you—as a twenty-five-year-old—are writing, directing, producing, and starring in. Or to the White House, the Golden Globes, or your publicist’s office to discuss the latest internet disaster. But Dunham does it—even if it means interminable hospital stays, vomiting in the bathroom when she’s meant to be meeting Oprah, or terrifying those closest to her—because 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 again—if only she could remember who that self was.As Dunham takes us through her journey, tracking her rise to fame—from selling the pilot of Girls to the present—in 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 can’t protect you from pain—and begins to control your every move—being famous doesn’t 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 can’t change and turn her regrets into wisdom that can carry her forward, as she reconnects to what, and who, she loves.
€ 32,00 -
Famesick
INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • 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 she’s spent countless hours in doctor’s waiting rooms searching for diagnoses, treatments, and relief, being the owner and operator of Lena Dunham’s body has felt, as she puts it, “like towing a wrecked car across town at midnight.” It’s not easy dragging a wrecked car anywhere, much less to the Met Gala while sewn into a gold lamé corset. Or to the set of the hit show that you—as a twenty-five-year-old—are writing, directing, producing, and starring in. Or to the White House, the Golden Globes, or your publicist’s office to discuss the latest internet disaster. But Dunham does it—even if it means interminable hospital stays, vomiting in the bathroom when she’s meant to be meeting Oprah, or terrifying those closest to her—because 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 again—if only she could remember who that self was.As Dunham takes us through her journey, tracking her rise to fame—from selling the pilot of Girls to the present—in 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 can’t protect you from pain—and begins to control your every move—being famous doesn’t 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 can’t change and turn her regrets into wisdom that can carry her forward, as she reconnects to what, and who, she loves.
€ 30,50 -
Courage Is Contagious: And Other Reasons to Be Grateful for Michelle Obama
A collection of essays celebrating the influential former first lady, by an array of acclaimed contributors and with a foreword by Lena Dunham. Michelle Obama's legacy transcends categorization. Mrs. Obama was not only our first black first lady; she was President Obama's equal partner in marriage and parenthood and a tireless advocate for women's rights, education, healthy eating, and exercise. Her genre-busting personal style encouraged others to speak, to engage, even to dress as they wished. In an extension of his popular T, The New York Times Style Magazine feature, Nick Haramis has assembled nineteen essays from prizewinning writers, Hollywood stars, and political leaders-all of whom have been moved and influenced by Mrs. Obama's extraordinary example of grace in power.Here are original testimonials from Gloria Steinem, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Alice Waters, and Charlamagne tha God, among others. Presidential biographer Jon Meacham supplies historical perspective. Actress Tracee Ellis Ross suggests that Mrs. Obama "provided an antidote to all the false representations of black women that have inundated us for centuries." Anna Wintour and designer Jason Wu celebrate the former first lady's impact as an international fashion icon. Two ninth-grade girls-one in training to be a boxer-talk about how Mrs. Obama has emboldened them to be themselves.Here are some of the many facets of Michelle Obama as she continues to inspire us, a stirring reminder that the best of America once lived in the White House, embodied in one authentic, inclusive, and courageous woman.Advance praise for Courage Is Contagious"Courage Is Contagious reminds us of the fortitude, brilliance, grace, humility, compassion, and humor of a woman we were so crazy lucky to have serve as first lady. This is an exceptional celebration of a most exceptional American."-J.J. Abrams "The first lady planted a powerful new knowledge inside of each of us. When you read this book you realize it's still in there and always will be."-Miranda July, author of The First Bad Man and No One Belongs Here More Than You"The diversity of the voices in Courage Is Contagious captures perfectly why Michelle Obama is so remarkable. If we can all see our best selves in her so vividly, how can we really be that different from each other? This glorious little book will give you goosebumps as it takes you on a journey celebrating one of the most important people alive."-iO Tillett Wright, author of Darling Days
€ 19,50 -
Not That Kind of Girl
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • NAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY MICHIKO KAKUTANI, THE NEW YORK TIMESNAMED 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 Dunham-the acclaimed creator, producer, and star of HBO's Girls-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 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 Dunham's first time, and how her expectations of sex didn't 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 guys-guys 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 dying-what she calls her "genetically predestined morbidity." And in "I Didn't 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 bathrooms-necessary 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. "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."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 person's 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 "It's not Lena Dunham's candor that makes me gasp. Rather, it's her writing-which 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 "As Dunham proves beyond a shadow of a doubt in Not That Kind of Girl, she's not remotely at risk of offering up the same old sentimental tales we've read dozens of times."-The Los Angeles Review of Books
€ 26,50