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English
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER • From one of America’s iconic writers, a stunning book of electric honesty and passion that explores an intensely personal yet universal experience: a portrait of a marriage—and a life, in good times and bad—that will speak to anyone who has ever loved a husband or wife or child.
Several days before Christmas 2003, John Gregory Dunne and Joan
2) Blue nights
Author
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
Shares the author's frank observations about her daughter as well as her own thoughts and fears about having children and growing old, in a personal account that discusses her daughter's wedding and her feelings of failure as a parent.
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Language
English
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Inspired by Didion's own words and informed by those whose lives she shaped, an acclaimed journalist takes us on an illustrated journey through Didion's life, revealing the world as it was seen through the eyes of one of the most revered and influential writers.
4) Joan Didion
Author
Series
Twayne's United States authors volume TUSAS 370
Publisher
Twayne Publishers
Pub. Date
[1989]
Edition
Revised edition.
Physical Desc
xvi, 162 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Language
English
6) Joan Didion
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Series
Publisher
Ungar
Pub. Date
[1981]
Physical Desc
xii, 164 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xxiv, 728 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
Explores the life of the distinguished American author and journalist, following Didion's life as a young woman in Sacramento to her adult life as a writer interviewing those who know and knew her personally.
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Joan Didion has always kept notebooks of overheard dialogue, observations, interviews, drafts of essays, and copies of articles. "Notes on the South" traces a road trip she took with her husband John Gregory Dunne, in June 1970, through Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama. Her acute observations about the small towns they pass through, her interviews with prominent local figures, and their preoccupation with race, class, and heritage seem to suggest...
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English
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"Ten pieces never before collected that offer an illuminating glimpse into the mind and process of a legendary writer. Here are six pieces written in 1968 from the "Points West" Saturday Evening Post column Joan Didion shared from 1964 to 1969 with her husband, John Gregory Dunne about: American newspapers; a session with Gamblers Anonymous; a visit to San Simeon; being rejected by Stanford; dropping in on Nancy Reagan, wife of the then-governor of...
11) The gang that wouldn't write straight: Wolfe, Thompson, Didion, and the New Journalism revolution
Author
Publisher
Crown Publishers
Pub. Date
[2006]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
325 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Author
Series
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
[2006]
Physical Desc
xxxvii, 1,122 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
A compilation of essays and nonfiction writings spanning more than forty years includes the author's reflections on politics, lifestyle, place, and cultural figures, including such topics as Haight-Ashbury, the Manson family, the Black Panthers, California earthquakes, and Bill Clinton.
Author
Publisher
Grove Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xiii, 362 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
The ten brilliant women who are the focus of Sharp came from different backgrounds and had vastly divergent political and artistic opinions. But they all made a significant contribution to the cultural and intellectual history of America and ultimately changed the course of the twentieth century, in spite of the men who often undervalued or dismissed their work. These ten women--Dorothy Parker, Rebecca West, Hannah Arendt, Mary McCarthy, Susan Sontag,...
14) Novels for students: Volume 3 :presenting analysis, context, and crticism on commonly studied novels
Publisher
Gale
Pub. Date
1998.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (xx, 387 pages) : illustrations, photos.
Language
English
Description
Each volume provides discussions of the literary and historical background of novels from various cultures and time periods. Includes concise synopses of plot, characters and themes, a brief author biography, discussion of the story's cultural and historical significance, and excerpted criticism.
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