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Joan Didion, the 1960s & 70s / Joan Didion ; David Ulin, editor.

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818.5409 DIDI
Adult Non Fiction   Double Bay . On Loan . 19 Apr 2024
818.5409 DIDI
Adult Non Fiction   Paddington . Available .  
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Record Number 869483
ISBN 9781598536454 (hardback)
Author Didion, Joan author.
Title Joan Didion, the 1960s & 70s / Joan Didion ; David Ulin, editor.
Publisher/Date New York, NY : The Library of America, [2019]
©2019
Pagination etc. x, 970 pages ; 21 cm.
Series 325 Library of America ;
Bibliography, etc. note Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents note Run river -- Slouching towards Bethlehem -- Play it as it lays -- A book of common prayer -- The white album.
Summary Note "Joan Didion's influence on postwar American letters is undeniable. Whether writing fiction, memoir, or trailblazing journalism, her gifts for narrative and dialogue, and her intimate but detached authorial persona, have won her legions of readers and admirers. Now Library of America launches its multi-volume edition of Didion's collected writings, prepared in consultation with the author, that brings together her fiction and nonfiction for the first time. Collected in this first volume are Didion's five iconic books from the 1960s and 1970s: Run River, Slouching Towards Bethlehem, Play It As It Lays, A Book of Common Prayer, and The White Album. Whether writing about countercultural San Francisco, the Las Vegas wedding industry, Lucille Miller, Charles Manson, or the shopping mall, Didion achieves a wonderful negative sublimity without condemning her subjects or condescending to her readers. Chiefly about California, these books display Didion's genius for finding exactly the right language and tone to capture America's broken twilight landscape at a moment of headlong conflict and change."--
Subject American essays -- 20th century
American fiction -- 20th century
Added Author Ulin, David L. editor.
Added title Run, river.
Slouching towards Bethehem.
Play it as it lays.
A book of common prayer.
The white album.
Shelf Location 818.5409 DIDI
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