Didion, Joan
Play It as It Lays
- ISBN 13:
- 9780374529949
- author:
- Didion, Joan
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Farrar, Straus and Giroux
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2005
- Pages:
- 213
- Dimensions:
- 14 x 1.8 x 20.8 centimetres (0.1
- Genre:
- Fiction & Literature, General, Fiction & Literature,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 5 working days
Description
Play It As It Lays: A Novel by Joan Didion Joan Didion's Play It As It Lays is a searing portrayal of American life in the late 1960s, capturing the mood of a generation in spare, unflinching prose. Set against the backdrop of a society in crisis, the novel explores the inner workings of a woman's mind, laying bare the ennui and desperation that can define us. Through its stark and haunting prose, Play It As It Lays reveals the darker aspects of human nature, exposing the emptiness and disillusionment that can result from a life without purpose or direction. This is a novel that will leave you unsettled, its exploration of the human condition both riveting and profoundly disturbing.