Summary: Twelve early pieces never before collected that offer an illuminating glimpse into the mind and process of Joan Didion. Mostly drawn from the earliest part of her astonishing five-decade career, the wide-ranging pieces in this collection include Didion writing about a Gamblers Anonymous meeting, a visit to San Simeon, and a reunion of WWII veterans in Las Vegas, and about topics ranging from Nancy Reagan to Robert Mapplethorpe to Martha Stewart. Here are subjects Didion has long written about – the press, politics, California robber baronsac, women, the act of writing, and her own self-doubt. Each piece is classic Didion: incisive and, in new light, stunningly prescient
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Lydbog (net)
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1 online resource (4 audio files), digitalRequires the Libby app or a modern web browser
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Narrator: Kimberly Farr....
ISBN
9780008451776
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Unabridged
Forlag
Fourth Estate
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voksenmaterialer
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Joan Didion
Joan Didion er en kendt, respekteret amerikansk kulturpersonlighed, der op gennem 60’erne og 70’erne var en succesrig manuskriptforfatter og journalist. ...
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