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PublisherKnopf Doubleday Publishing Group
ISBN-100307264874
ISBN-139780307264879
eBay Product ID (ePID)52318221
Product Key Features
Book TitleWe Tell Ourselves Stories in Order to Live : Collected Nonfiction; Introduction by John Leonard
Number of Pages1160 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2006
TopicWomen Authors, Journalism, General, Essays
GenreLiterary Criticism, Language Arts & Disciplines, Literary Collections
AuthorJoan Didion
Book SeriesEveryman's Library Contemporary Classics Ser.
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height2 in
Item Weight35.1 Oz
Item Length8.3 in
Item Width5.4 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2006-041043
Dewey Edition22
Reviews"[Didion's is] one of the most recognizable-and brilliant-literary styles to emerge in America during the past four decades . . . [She is] a great American writer." -New York Times Book Review "One beautiful sentence follows another . . . Didion has remained a clearheaded and original writer all her long life." -Newsweek "Her intelligence is as honed as ever . . . Her vision is ice-water clear . . . Didion has captured the mood of America." -New York Times "Many of us have tried, and failed, to master [Didion's] gift for the single ordinary deflating word, the word that spins an otherwise flat sentence through five degrees of irony. But her sentences could only be hers." -Chicago Tribune "I have been trying forever to figure out why [Didion's] sentences are better than mine or yours . . . Something about [their] cadence. They come at you, if not from ambush, then in gnomic haikus, ice pick laser beams, or waves. Even the space on the page around these sentences is more interesting than it ought to be, as if to square a sandbox for a Sphinx." -from the Introduction by John Leonard, "[Didion's is] one of the most recognizable-and brilliant-literary styles to emerge in America during the past four decades . . . [She is] a great American writer." - New York Times Book Review "One beautiful sentence follows another . . . Didion has remained a clearheaded and original writer all her long life." - Newsweek "Her intelligence is as honed as ever . . . Her vision is ice-water clear . . . Didion has captured the mood of America." - New York Times "Many of us have tried, and failed, to master [Didion's] gift for the single ordinary deflating word, the word that spins an otherwise flat sentence through five degrees of irony. But her sentences could only be hers." - Chicago Tribune "I have been trying forever to figure out why [Didion's] sentences are better than mine or yours . . . Something about [their] cadence. They come at you, if not from ambush, then in gnomic haikus, ice pick laser beams, or waves. Even the space on the page around these sentences is more interesting than it ought to be, as if to square a sandbox for a Sphinx." -from the Introduction by John Leonard
Dewey Decimal814/.54
Table Of ContentIntroduction by John Leonard Select Bibliography Chronology Slouching Towards Bethlehem The White Album Salvador Miami After Henry Political Fictions Where I Was From Notes to Miami Acknowledgments
SynopsisSeven books in one hardcover volume from the bestselling, award-winning author of The Year of Magical Thinking including the full texts of Slouching Towards Bethlehem ; The White Album ; Salvador ; Miami ; After Henry ; Political Fictions ; and Where I Was From . As featured in the Netflix documentary Joan Didion: The Center Will Not Hold. Joan Didion's incomparable and distinctive essays and journalism are admired for their acute, incisive observations and their spare, elegant style. Now the seven books of nonfiction that appeared between 1968 and 2003 have been brought together into one thrilling collection. Slouching Towards Bethlehem captures the counterculture of the sixties, its mood and lifestyle, as symbolized by California, Joan Baez, Haight-Ashbury. The White Album covers the revolutionary politics and the "contemporary wasteland" of the late sixties and early seventies, in pieces on the Manson family, the Black Panthers, and Hollywood. Salvador is a riveting look at the social and political landscape of civil war. Miami exposes the secret role this largely Latin city played in the Cold War, from the Bay of Pigs through Watergate. In After Henry Didion reports on the Reagans, Patty Hearst, and the Central Park jogger case. The eight essays in Political Fictions-- on censorship in the media, Gingrich, Clinton, Starr, and "compassionate conservatism," among others--show us how we got to the political scene of today. And in Where I Was From Didion shows that California was never the land of the golden dream." Everyman's Library pursues the highest production standards, printing on acid-free cream-colored paper, with full-cloth cases with two-color foil stamping, decorative endpapers, silk ribbon markers, European-style half-round spines, and a full-color illustrated jacket. Contemporary Classics include an introduction, a select bibliography, and a chronology of the author's life and times., Read the works discussed in the Netflix documentary Joan Didion: The Center Will Not Hold . Includes seven books in one volume: the full texts of Slouching Towards Bethlehem; The White Album; Salvador; Miami; After Henry; Political Fictions; and Where I Was From. Joan Didion's incomparable and distinctive essays and journalism are admired for their acute, incisive observations and their spare, elegant style. Now the seven books of nonfiction that appeared between 1968 and 2003 have been brought together into one thrilling collection. Slouching Towards Bethlehem captures the counterculture of the sixties, its mood and lifestyle, as symbolized by California, Joan Baez, Haight-Ashbury. The White Album covers the revolutionary politics and the "contemporary wasteland" of the late sixties and early seventies, in pieces on the Manson family, the Black Panthers, and Hollywood. Salvador is a riveting look at the social and political landscape of civil war. Miami exposes the secret role this largely Latin city played in the Cold War, from the Bay of Pigs through Watergate. In After Henry Didion reports on the Reagans, Patty Hearst, and the Central Park jogger case. The eight essays in Political Fictions -on censorship in the media, Gingrich, Clinton, Starr, and "compassionate conservatism," among others-show us how we got to the political scene of today. And in Where I Was From Didion shows that California was never the land of the golden dream., Seven books in one hardcover volume from the bestselling, award-winning author of The Year of Magical Thinking : including the full texts of Slouching Towards Bethlehem ; The White Album ; Salvador ; Miami ; After Henry ; Political Fictions ; and Where I Was From . As featured in the Netflix documentary Joan Didion: The Center Will Not Hold. Joan Didion's incomparable and distinctive essays and journalism are admired for their acute, incisive observations and their spare, elegant style. Now the seven books of nonfiction that appeared between 1968 and 2003 have been brought together into one thrilling collection. Slouching Towards Bethlehem captures the counterculture of the sixties, its mood and lifestyle, as symbolized by California, Joan Baez, Haight-Ashbury. The White Album covers the revolutionary politics and the "contemporary wasteland" of the late sixties and early seventies, in pieces on the Manson family, the Black Panthers, and Hollywood. Salvador is a riveting look at the social and political landscape of civil war. Miami exposes the secret role this largely Latin city played in the Cold War, from the Bay of Pigs through Watergate. In After Henry Didion reports on the Reagans, Patty Hearst, and the Central Park jogger case. The eight essays in Political Fictions-- on censorship in the media, Gingrich, Clinton, Starr, and "compassionate conservatism," among others--show us how we got to the political scene of today. And in Where I Was From Didion shows that California was never the land of the golden dream." Everyman's Library pursues the highest production standards, printing on acid-free cream-colored paper, with full-cloth cases with two-color foil stamping, decorative endpapers, silk ribbon markers, European-style half-round spines, and a full-color illustrated jacket. Contemporary Classics include an introduction, a select bibliography, and a chronology of the author's life and times., For the first time, all of Didion's nonfiction writing on place, politics, lifestyle, and cultural figures from the 1960s to 2003 have been gathered together in one volume.
LC Classification NumberPS3554.I33W3 2006
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- 01. Mai. 2024
A superb collection of the late, and immensely gifted, American author Joan Didion's writings.
A marvelous compendium of the late author's work. What a gift she and her writing were for all of us.Bestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Gebraucht
- 10. Jun. 2020
Non-fiction by Joan Didion
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- 17. Feb. 2023
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