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Joan Didion : the 1980's & 90's : Salvador ; Democracy ; Miami ; After Henry ; The last thing he wanted / Joan Didion ; David L. Ulin, editor.
Van Pelt Library PS3554.I33 A6 2021b
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Didion, Joan, author.
- Series:
- Library of America ; 341.
- Library of America ; 341
- Standardized Title:
- Works. Selections
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Didion, Joan--Criticism and interpretation.
- Didion, Joan.
- American literature--20th century.
- American literature.
- American essays--20th century.
- American essays.
- American fiction--20th century.
- American fiction.
- Violence--El Salvador--History--20th century.
- Violence.
- Manners and customs.
- History.
- Criticism and interpretation.
- United States--Social life and customs--1971---Fiction.
- United States.
- Miami (Fla.)--Social conditions.
- Miami (Fla.).
- El Salvador.
- Genre:
- Novels.
- Essays.
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Fiction.
- Physical Description:
- 840 pages ; 21 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Library of America, [2021]
- Summary:
- "This second volume in Library of America's definitive Didion edition includes two novels and three remarkable essay collections with which she extended the compass of the extraordinary journalistic eye first developed in the celebrated books Slouching Towards Bethlehem and The White Album. Gathered here are Salvador, a searing look at terror and Cold War politics in the Central American civil war of the early 1980s; Miami, a portrait not just of a city but of immigration, exile, the cocaine trade, and political violence; and After Henry, in which she reports on Patty Hearst, Nancy Reagan, the case of the Central Park Five, and the Los Angeles she once called home. The novels Democracy and The Last Thing He Wanted, the latter recently adapted for film by Netflix, are fast-paced, deftly observed narratives of power, conspiracy, and corruption in American political life. Taken together, these five books mark the remarkable mid-career evolution of one of the most dynamic writers of our time." -- Amazon.com.
- Contents:
- Salvador
- Democracy
- Miami
- After Henry
- The last thing he wanted.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 798-823) and index.
- Includes chronology and note on the texts.
- Contains:
- Salvador.
- Democracy.
- Miami.
- After Henry.
- The last thing he wanted.
- ISBN:
- 9781598536836
- 1598536834
- OCLC:
- 1179046109
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