Didion, Joan
Joan Didion: The 1960s & 70s (loa #325): Run, River / Slouching Towards Bethlehem / Play It As It Lay A Book of Common Prayer / The White Album
- ISBN 13:
- 9781598536454
- author:
- Didion, Joan
- format:
- Hardback
- publisher:
- The Library of America
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2019
- Pages:
- 950
- Dimensions:
- 20 x 12.3 centimetres (0.57 kg)
- Genre:
- Arts & Photography, Language Arts, Journalism,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 5 working days
Description
Joan Didion: The 1960s & 70s brings together five iconic books from one of America's most original and influential writers. This comprehensive collection gathers her fiction and nonfiction, prepared in consultation with the author, offering a unique insight into her unique narrative voice and style.
From the countercultural landscape of San Francisco to the Las Vegas wedding industry, Didion's writing achieves a remarkable balance of critique and empathy, capturing the complexities of America's broken landscape at a moment of great change and upheaval. This volume presents her five seminal works: Run River, Slouching Towards Bethlehem, Play It As It Lays, A Book of Common Prayer, and The White Album.
With its masterful use of language and tone, this collection showcases Didion's genius for capturing the essence of a moment in time, and her ability to find the right words to convey the complexities of the human experience.
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