Play It As It Lays by Joan Didion Paperback Book

Description: Play It As It Lays by Joan Didion A ruthless and unflinching examination of American life in the late 1960s, from the author of The Year of Magical Thinking. FORMAT Paperback CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description A ruthless and unflinching examination of American life in the late 1960s, from the author of The Year of Magical Thinking. One thing in my defence, not that it matters: I know what nothing means, and keep on playingSomewhere out beyond Hollywood, hollowed-out actress Maria Wyeths life plays out in a numbing routine of perpetual freeway driving. In her early thirties, divorced from her husband, dislocated from friends, anesthetized to pain and pleasure, Wheth is a woman who has run out of both desires and motives – the epitome of a generation made ill by too much freedom.More than five decades after its original publication, Play it as it Lays remains a profoundly disturbing novel that ruthlessly dissects American life in the late 1960s, from the author of The White Album and The Year of Magical Thinking. Author Biography Joan Didion is one of Americas most respected writers, her work constituting some of the greatest portraits of modern-day American culture. Over the four decades of her career, she has produced widely-acclaimed journalistic essays, personal essays, novels, non-fiction, memoir and screenplays. Her memoir The Year of Magical Thinking won the National Book Award in 2005. Review She writes with a razor. New York TimesA pioneer of New Journalism, she brilliantly chronicled Americas cultural and political life. GuardianDidions mordant lucidity is like L.A. sunlight, a thing so bright sometimes it hurts. TimePRAISE FOR THE YEAR OF MAGICAL THINKINGHer poetic writing has a spell-like charm that is profoundly affecting. Observerthis brave book maps a year…when the world flipped over to expose the underside of cool where things go bad. The TimesThe subject may be bleak, but her tender treatment makes it a book that we should all read. Daily Mail Promotional From the author of The Year of Magical Thinking Details ISBN0008706166 Author Joan Didion Pages 300 Publisher HarperCollins Publishers Series Collins Modern Classics Year 2024 ISBN-13 9780008706166 Format Paperback Publication Date 2024-05-23 Imprint Fourth Estate Ltd Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom Alternative 9780007414994 DEWEY 813.54 Audience General UK Release Date 2024-05-23 AU Release Date 2024-10-29 NZ Release Date 2024-10-29 ISBN-10 0008706166 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:160018715;

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