Live and Learn: Slouching Towards Bethlehem, the White Album, After Henry by Joa

Description: Live and Learn by Joan Didion This comprehensive edition brings together for the first time three seminal collections by legendary essayist and journalist Joan Didion: Slouching toward Bethlehem, White Album and Sentimental Journeys. Prefaced with a new introduction by Joan Didion. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description This comprehensive edition brings together for the first time three seminal collections by legendary essayist and journalist Joan Didion: Slouching toward Bethlehem, White Album and Sentimental Journeys. Prefaced with a new introduction by Joan Didion. Live and Learn comprises three of the personal essay collections that established Joan Didion as a major figure in the modern canon – arranged in chronological order so that readers can appreciate not only the qualities of the essays per se, but also their evolution over time. It also includes a new introduction by Joan Didion herself.The stylistic masterpiece Slouching Towards Bethlehem (1968) has become a modern classic, capturing the mood of 1960s America and especially the center of its counterculture, California. The cornerstone essay, an extraordinary report on San Franciscos Haight-Ashbury, sets the agenda for the rest of this book – depicting and America where, in some way or another, things are falling apart and "the center cannot hold". The White Album (1979) is a syncopated, swirling mosaic of the 60s and 70s, covering people and artifacts from the Black Panthers and the Manson family to John Paul Gettys museum. Sentimental Journeys (1992) shifts its perspective slightly to take in Vietnamese refugee camps in Hong Kong, the Reagan campaign trail, and the inequities of Los Angeles real estate.An important collection, Live and Learn is the perfect one-stop primer on Joan Didion, and an essential reference for readers old and new. It confirms the power of this uniquely unbiased, moving writer, and showcases her artful yet simple prose. 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 In her portraits of people, Didion is not out to expose but to understand ... A rich display of some of the best prose written today in this country The New York Times Book Review All of the essays manifest not only [Didions] intelligence but an instinct for details that continue to emit pulsations in the readers memory and a style that is spare, subtly musical in its phrasing and exact ... the result is a voice like no other in contemporary journalism Robert Towers, New York Times Book Review Didion manges to make the sorry stuff of troubled times (bike movies, for instance) as interesting and suggestive as the monuments that win her dazzled admiration (Georgia OKeeffe, the Hoover Dam, the mountains around Bogota) ... A timely and elegant collection New Yorker Didion is an original journalistic talent who can strike at the heart, or the absurdity, of a matter in our contemporary wasteland with quick, graceful strokes San Francisco Chronicle Long Description This comprehensive edition brings together for the first time three seminal collections by legendary essayist and journalist Joan Didion: Slouching toward Bethlehem, White Album and Sentimental Journeys. Prefaced with a new introduction by Joan Didion. Live and Learn comprises three of the personal essay collections that established Joan Didion as a major figure in the modern canon - arranged in chronological order so that readers can appreciate not only the qualities of the essays per se, but also their evolution over time. It also includes a new introduction by Joan Didion herself. The stylistic masterpiece Slouching Towards Bethlehem (1968) has become a modern classic, capturing the mood of 1960s America and especially the center of its counterculture, California. The cornerstone essay, an extraordinary report on San Franciscos Haight-Ashbury, sets the agenda for the rest of this book - depicting and America where, in some way or another, things are falling apart and "the center cannot hold". The White Album (1979) is a syncopated, swirling mosaic of the 60s and 70s, covering people and artifacts from the Black Panthers and the Manson family to John Paul Gettys museum. Sentimental Journeys (1992) shifts its perspective slightly to take in Vietnamese refugee camps in Hong Kong, the Reagan campaign trail, and the inequities of Los Angeles real estate. An important collection, Live and Learn is the perfect one-stop primer on Joan Didion, and an essential reference for readers old and new. It confirms the power of this uniquely unbiased, moving writer, and showcases her artful yet simple prose. Review Quote In her portraits of people, Didion is not out to expose but to understand . . . A rich display of some of the best prose written today in this country The New York Times Book Review All of the essays manifest not only [Didions] intelligence but an instinct for details that continue to emit pulsations in the readers memory and a style that is spare, subtly musical in its phrasing and exact … the result is a voice like no other in contemporary journalism Robert Towers, New York Times Book Review Didion manges to make the sorry stuff of troubled times (bike movies, for instance) as interesting and suggestive as the monuments that win her dazzled admiration (Georgia OKeeffe, the Hoover Dam, the mountains around Bogota) . . . A timely and elegant collection New Yorker Didion is an original journalistic talent who can strike at the heart, or the absurdity, of a matter in our contemporary wasteland with quick, graceful strokes San Francisco Chronicle Feature * Joan Didions essays are a high point in the modern literary topography, and she is well-loved by several generations of readers for her ability to distill the essence of a time * Live and Learn is the first book to collate Didions various essay collections into one package Description for Sales People This comprehensive edition brings together for the first time three seminal collections by legendary essayist and journalist Joan Didion: Slouching toward Bethlehem, White Album and Sentimental Journeys. Prefaced with a new introduction by Joan Didion. Live and Learn comprises three of the personal essay collections that established Joan Didion as a major figure in the modern canon - arranged in chronological order so that readers can appreciate not only the qualities of the essays per se, but also their evolution over time. It also includes a new introduction by Joan Didion herself. The stylistic masterpiece Slouching Towards Bethlehem (1968) has become a modern classic, capturing the mood of 1960s America and especially the center of its counterculture, California. The cornerstone essay, an extraordinary report on San Franciscos Haight-Ashbury, sets the agenda for the rest of this book - depicting and America where, in some way or another, things are falling apart and "the center cannot hold". The White Album (1979) is a syncopated, swirling mosaic of the 60s and 70s, covering people and artifacts from the Black Panthers and the Manson family to John Paul Gettys museum. Sentimental Journeys (1992) shifts its perspective slightly to take in Vietnamese refugee camps in Hong Kong, the Reagan campaign trail, and the inequities of Los Angeles real estate. An important collection, Live and Learn is the perfect one-stop primer on Joan Didion, and an essential reference for readers old and new. It confirms the power of this uniquely unbiased, moving writer, and showcases her artful yet simple prose. * Joan Didions essays are a high point in the modern literary topography, and she is well-loved by several generations of readers for her ability to distill the essence of a time * Live and Learn is the first book to collate Didions various essay collections into one package Details ISBN0007204388 Author Joan Didion Publisher HarperCollins Publishers Year 2005 ISBN-10 0007204388 ISBN-13 9780007204380 Format Paperback Publication Date 2005-05-17 Imprint HarperPerennial Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom Media Book Pages 592 Language English DEWEY 813.54 Subtitle Slouching Towards Bethlehem, the White Album, After Henry UK Release Date 2005-05-17 Birth 1918 Affiliation Univ/Ill/Urbana-Champ Urbana Illinois USA Position Daniel E Qualifications M.D. Alternative 9780007381357 Audience General AU Release Date 2005-08-07 NZ Release Date 2005-10-09 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. 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