Most Popular Books by Lena Dunham

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Includes two new essays! NAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY MICHIKO KAKUTANI, THE NEW YORK TIMES • NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY BUZZFEED, THE GLOBE AND MAIL, AND LIBRARY JOURNAL For 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

Lena Dunham, la aclamada creadora, productora y protagonista de la serie Girls, nos sorprende con una divertidísima, sabia y honesta colección de reflexiones personales que la convierte en una de las escritoras jóvenes con más talento del momento. En No soy ese tipo de chica Dunham habla de aquellas experiencias que hacen de nosotros lo que somos: enamorarse, sentirse solo, pesar cinco kilos de más, 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 cómo sus expectativas sexuales no encajaron con el acto en sí. También expora su tendencia a sentirse atraída hacia hombres que no le convienen, nos regala una profunda reflexión sobre su obsesión con la muerte e, incluso, imagina el libro que escribirá cuando tenga ochenta años y ya no le importe hablar del sexismo y la condescendencia que imperan en Hollywood.

No sóc d’aquesta mena de noies és el llibre perfecte de Lena Dunham, on els seus fans trobaran tot el que volen saber d’ella: el que pensa sobre l’amor, el sexe, l’amistat, la feina, l’aspecte físic, la moda... i la seva vida des de la infància, les seves experiències sexuals, els seus viatges i lectures, les seves dietes i teràpies, els seus pares, la seva feina actual i les seves primeres (i horribles) feines... En un exercici d’absoluta sinceritat, Dunham ho explica tot aplicant-hi el seu intel·ligent sentit de l''humor i sense cap mena de pudor.

Dagboekaantekeningen van een cultureel icoon, feministisch boegbeeld én stem van een generatie Per toeval trof Lena Dunham op een oude harde schijf haar dagboek van haar eerste jaar op de universiteit aan. In korte aantekeningen schrijft ze ongegeneerd en direct over haar onzekerheden, haar pogingen de wereld te begrijpen, over haar ouders, over seks en mannen. Het zijn kleine scherven van iemands eerste stappen naar het volwassen leven. Ze zitten vol humor en ironie, maar zijn ook heel vertederend. Met het lezen van Is het erg om onzeker te zijn? leer je Lena Dunham, nu wereldberoemd door onder andere haar serie Girls en haar boek Not That Kind of Girl, kennen toen ze nog geheel onbekend was en in vele opzichten nog op zoek naar zichzelf. De pers over Not That Kind of Girl ''Het boek is behalve grappig en gevat ook voer voor critici. Want doordat ze álles vertelt, leer je ook haar egoïsme kennen. Dat kan afstoten maar zet tegelijkertijd ook aan het denken.'' ***** nrc.next ''Pijnlijk openhartig, verrukkelijk grappig en geschreven met een duivels vaardige pen. Een uniek, groot talent.'' VPRO Gids ''Intelligent, origineel, eerlijk en vooral herkenbaar voor alle vrouwen – of ze nu mollig of dun zijn, jong of oud, maagd of nymfomaan.'' Vogue ''Achter de scherpe observaties gaat een gevoelig meisje schuil, in wie menig leeftijdgenoot zich zal herkennen.'' Elsevier

Lena Dunham, creator of the critically acclaimed HBO series Girls, and author of the internationally bestseller Not That Kind of Girl, returns with a dazzling collection of short stories. ''I shrug, a shrug that simultaneously says You know nothing and Please rescue me.'' Lena Dunham follows up her bestselling memoir Not That Kind of Girl with Best & Always, a dazzling collection of clear-eyed, observant, rueful, witty and heartbreaking stories. 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 ''Witty, illuminating, maddening, bracingly bleak . . . [Dunham] is a genuine artist, and a disturber of the order.'' The Atlantic

Television script for pilot episode of "Girls" (HBO), written by Lena Dunham.

Lena Dunham, acclaimed writer-director-star of HBO and Sky Atlantic''s ''Girls'' and the award-winning movie ''Tiny Furniture'', displays her unique powers of observation, wisdom and humour in this exceptional collection of essays.

Denne boken inneholder historier om fantastiske netter med forferdelige gutter og forferdelige dager med fantastiske venner. Om ambisjoner og to eksistensielle kriser før jeg hadde fylt tjue. Om å dele kroppen min med offentligheten, å måtte vise hvem jeg er i et møte fullt av femti år gamle menn, og frykten for helsa (tinnitus, støv og infertilitet) som holder meg våken om natten. Jeg er ikke sexekspert, psykolog eller ernæringsfysiolog. Jeg er ikke en gift trebarnsmor eller eier av en vellykket franchise. Jeg er en jente som er opptatt av selvaktualisering, og som sender et håp fra denne kampens frontlinjer. Lena Dunham er mest kjent som regissøren og stjernen i HBO-serien «Girls». «Ikke en sånn jente» er en ærlig samling av personlige essays.