The Fran Lebowitz Reader

by Fran Lebowitz

Paperback, 1994

Status

Available

Genres

All Topics

Nonfiction

Publication

Vintage (1994), Edition: 1st Vintage Books ed, 333 pages

Description

Essays. Fiction. Literary Anthologies. HTML:In the vein of Lebowitz's acclaimed Netflix limited series, Pretend It's a City�??The Fran Lebowitz Reader brings together two of the famed author's bestsellers, Metropolitan Life and Social Studies. In "elegant, finely honed prose" (The Washington Post Book World), Lebowitz limns the vicissitudes of contemporary urban life�??its fads, trends, crazes, morals, and fashions. By turns ironic, facetious, deadpan, sarcastic, wry, wisecracking, and waggish, Fran Lebowitz is always wickedly enterta

User reviews

LibraryThing member wenestvedt

My feeling is that I'm over this; perhaps one day I will revisit the book and and be reminded why I was so enthralled then, just out of college and... Oh.

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LibraryThing member krobbie67

I don't recall reading anything by Fran Lebowitz before but was glad to happen upon this book. I found her sardonic wit amusing and entertaining. Although, some of the essays are a bit dated they are worth the read.

LibraryThing member pastrydeity

I was given a copy of this when I was in my early teens (in the early '90s), and a lot of the references went clear over my head, but what I did get, I really enjoyed. Yes, some of it is very dated, but the rest is very funny.

LibraryThing member NeddieB

I LOVE FRAN! Want to know what it's like to read your thoughts about society? Then read this book. Fran Lebowitz is spot on in her social commentary and you will laugh out loud at some of her antics. She is amazing and everyone should read what she has to say at least once in their lives. Oh--and

she is the only person I know who actually DRIVES her car in New York.

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LibraryThing member heggiep

Some pieces I laughed out loud at but many felt dated.

LibraryThing member brenzi

I love Fran Lebowitz but this audiobook tended to drag in parts because her monotone, which is great in short spurts, aggravated me. That doesn't mean it wasn't funny in many parts because it was. I especially loved her diet tips (in a word, smoke a lot) and dealing with realtors as you try to get

an apartment in NY. At any rate, these essays are from the 90s and the funniest thing I've heard her say was quite recently when she said, "You don't know anyone as stupid as Donald Trump." Truer words were never spoken.

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LibraryThing member dele2451

She's much funnier in person, but there are some good laughs and sage social observations in here.

LibraryThing member rmarcin

This book combines Fran Lebowitz's earlier books: Metropolitan Life and Social Studies. It is a humorous and sardonic look at life. The books are a series of short essays or notes on observation. Some made me laugh and some were just ho-hum.
I think I prefer listening to Fran Lebowitz talk and give

her observations, rather than reading them. I just enjoy her voice and her wit, and it comes across better, to me, in her speech.

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