Sloth is a parody of every self-improvement book: instead of providing a manual to a more active and productive lifestyle, Wasserstein offers tips, encouragement and advice toward a successful life of sloth.
Wendy Wasserstein Ordine dei libri (cronologico)
Wendy Wasserstein è stata un'acclamata drammaturga americana il cui lavoro si è spesso concentrato sulle vite e le esperienze delle donne moderne. Le sue opere esploravano frequentemente temi di identità, ambizione e aspettative sociali con arguzia ed empatia. Wasserstein ha catturato magistralmente le complessità delle relazioni umane e la ricerca di significato nella vita contemporanea.
The Future Dictionary of America
- 400pagine
- 14 ore di lettura
Imagine what a dictionary might look like about thirty years hence, when all of the world's problems are solved and our current dictionaries are a distant memory. Dave Eggers, Jonathan Safran Foer and Nicole Krauss have lined up an incredible array of writers to bring you that futuristic dictionary and a vision of the world as it might be. Think of it as a dictionary of language for describing what the future could look like a dictionary that is both useful and romantic, hopeful and necessary, pragmatic and idealistic, and frequently funny. This is science fiction but with a difference.
In this delicious book of essays, Wendy Wasserstein perfects the urbane, wacky and compassionate sensibility that informed plays like her Pulitzer Prize-winning The Heidi Chronicles