{"product_id":"joan-didion-memoirs-later-writings-loa-386-political-fictions-fixed-ideas-where-i-was-from-the-year-of-magical-thinking-memoir-play-hardcover","title":"Joan Didion: Memoirs \u0026 Later Writings (Loa #386): Political Fictions \/ Fixed Ideas \/ Where I Was from \/ The Year of Magical Thinking (Memoir \u0026 Play) \/ - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJoan Didion\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eDavid L. Ulin\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe ultimate Didion edition concludes with the brilliant and haunting works from her incomparable late phase.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLibrary of America now completes its definitive, three-volume edition of one of the most electric writers of our time with the final seven books: \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003ePolitical Fictions \u003c\/b\u003e(2001) offers a behind-the-scenes look at the American political landscape of the 1980s, 1990s, and early 2000s, its reflections on sound bites, photo ops, and an increasingly dysfunctional system still bracingly relevant. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eFixed Ideas\u003c\/b\u003e (2003), restored to print in this collection, traces the efforts of the Bush administration to \"stake new ground in old domestic wars\" in the wake of 9\/11. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eWhere I Was From\u003c\/b\u003e (2003) explores the sunny myths and darker realities of Didion's native California, her personal recollections interwoven with sketches of water wars, sexual predators, mass incarceration, and corporate corruption. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThe Year of Magical Thinking\u003c\/b\u003e (2005), which brought Didion the National Book Award and legions of new readers, registers the shock of the death of her husband, John Gregory Dunne, amid her daughter Quintana's ultimately terminal illness. Looking back on her marriage of four decades, she faces the abyss of a grief that \"turns out to be a place none of us know until we reach it.\" \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThe Year of Magical Thinking: The Play\u003c\/b\u003e (2007) is Didion's lauded dramatic adaptation of the memoir.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eBlue Nights\u003c\/b\u003e (2011) is Didion's raw and haunting search for consolation amid despair.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eSouth and West\u003c\/b\u003e (2017) revisits Didion's notebooks from a happier time, recalling a roadtrip with her husband through the American South, and 1970s California. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHere are the achingly beautiful memoirs and masterful collections of reportage and observation with which Joan Didion crowned the final decades of her extraordinary career.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJoan Didion \u003c\/b\u003e(1934-2021) was one of the most distinct American literary voices of the last century, the author of five novels and nine books of nonfiction, including \u003ci\u003eSlouching Towards Bethlehem\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe White Album\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePlay It As It Lays\u003c\/i\u003e, and the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e best sellers \u003ci\u003eThe Year of Magical Thinking\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBlue Nights\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eSouth and West\u003c\/i\u003e. She was the recipient of numerous awards, including the National Book Award for Nonfiction and the National Book Foundations' Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid L. Ulin\u003c\/b\u003e is the author or editor of numerous books, including \u003ci\u003eSidewalking: Coming to Terms with Los Angeles\u003c\/i\u003e; the Library of America's \u003ci\u003eWriting Los Angeles: A Literary Anthology\u003c\/i\u003e, which won a California Book Award; and \u003ci\u003eThe Lost Art of Reading: Books and Resistance in a Troubled Time\u003c\/i\u003e. The former book editor and book critic of the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e, he teaches at the University of Southern California.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 856\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.4 x 8 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 19, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51984089809197,"sku":"9781598537871","price":36.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/iqtrRg6gYB9781598537871.webp?v=1776081864","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/joan-didion-memoirs-later-writings-loa-386-political-fictions-fixed-ideas-where-i-was-from-the-year-of-magical-thinking-memoir-play-hardcover","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}