Zero Gravity: A Collection of Satirical Stories

“They call me an intellectual because I wear glasses, and an artist because my films don’t make money. And both are wrong.” — Woody Allen

Woody Allen is an American director long recognized as a classic of modern cinema. Director, screenwriter, actor, jazz musician, comedian, writer—there’s nothing he hasn’t managed to do. He is a virtuoso with words.

His films fly off into quotes; his stories and essays are printed in the best publications in the world, and his humor has become a calling card of New York.

«Zero Gravity» is already the fifth collection of short satirical stories by the prose writer. It includes both previously published texts and 11 completely new ones written specifically for this book! As always, witty, ironic, and a bit cynical, Woody Allen tells entertaining and laugh-out-loud stories from the lives of the most diverse segments of American society.

Contents:

You Can’t Go Home Again—and Here’s Why

Mad Cow Disease

Park Avenue, the Upper Floor: Need to Sell—

or Jump

Buffalo Wings, Want to Step Out?

In the Evening…

The True Embodiment of a Deity—

Please Stand Up

Nose to Nose with Rembrandt

A Little Plastic Work on the Face Never Hurts

Legends of Manhattan

Wake Me Up When It’s All Over

So Where Did I Leave That Oxygen Tank?

Confucius Said: “Give Me a Break”

Not a Living Creature Moved

Think It Over Carefully—It’ll Come Back to You

Sorry, No Pets

Money Can Buy Happiness—If Only…

When There’s a Figurine on Your Hood—Nietzsche

Up, Around, and Through It All, Your Highness

Nothing Compares to the Brain

Growing Up in Manhattan