The ultimate Didion: all 17 of her major works of fiction, journalism, and memoir together for the first time in a 3-volume boxed set
A must for fans of the most eclectic and enduring writers of the last half century
In 1968, a collection of reportage appeared that was unlike anything seen before, remarkable in its literary aspiration and a milestone in what would become known as the New Journalism. A series of wickedly incisive portraits of California and its people—from fading stars to homicidal housewives to drug-addled hippies—Slouching Towards Bethlehem was a sensation, signaling the arrival of a major writer. It attracted not only readers but devotees, and Joan Didion became more than just a celebrated author, she became an icon for the age. Now, for the first time, all her best-known and most enduring works are gathered together in a career-spanning 3-volume Library of America boxed set.
THE JOAN DIDION COLLECTION includes:
I. The 1960s & 70s Run River Slouching Towards Bethlehem Play It As It Lays A Book of Common Prayer The White Album
II. The 1980s & 90s Salvador Democracy Miami After Henry The Last Thing He Wanted
III. Memoirs & Later Writings Political Fictions Fixed Ideas Where I Was From The Year of Magical Thinking (memoir and play) Blue Nights South and West
Edited by David L. Ulin, each volume contains a textual essay, a chronology of Didion's life and career, and detailed notes.
Joan Didion (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 Slouching Towards Bethlehem, The White Album, Play It As It Lays, and the New York Times best sellers The Year of Magical Thinking, Blue Nights, and South and West. 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.
David L. Ulin is the author or editor of numerous books, including Sidewalking: Coming to Terms with Los Angeles; the Library of America's Writing Los Angeles: A Literary Anthology, which won a California Book Award; and The Lost Art of Reading: Books and Resistance in a Troubled Time. The former book editor and book critic of the Los Angeles Times, he teaches at the University of Southern California.
The ultimate Didion: all 17 of her major works of fiction, journalism, and memoir together for the first time in a 3-volume boxed set
A must for fans of the most eclectic and enduring writers of the last half century
In 1968, a collection of reportage appeared that was unlike anything seen before, remarkable in its literary aspiration and a milestone in what would become known as the New Journalism. A series of wickedly incisive portraits of California and its people—from fading stars to homicidal housewives to drug-addled hippies—Slouching Towards Bethlehem was a sensation, signaling the arrival of a major writer. It attracted not only readers but devotees, and Joan Didion became more than just a celebrated author, she became an icon for the age. Now, for the first time, all her best-known and most enduring works are gathered together in a career-spanning 3-volume Library of America boxed set.
THE JOAN DIDION COLLECTION includes:
I. The 1960s & 70s Run River Slouching Towards Bethlehem Play It As It Lays A Book of Common Prayer The White Album
II. The 1980s & 90s Salvador Democracy Miami After Henry The Last Thing He Wanted
III. Memoirs & Later Writings Political Fictions Fixed Ideas Where I Was From The Year of Magical Thinking (memoir and play) Blue Nights South and West
Edited by David L. Ulin, each volume contains a textual essay, a chronology of Didion's life and career, and detailed notes.
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Joan Didion (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 Slouching Towards Bethlehem, The White Album, Play It As It Lays, and the New York Times best sellers The Year of Magical Thinking, Blue Nights, and South and West. 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.
David L. Ulin is the author or editor of numerous books, including Sidewalking: Coming to Terms with Los Angeles; the Library of America's Writing Los Angeles: A Literary Anthology, which won a California Book Award; and The Lost Art of Reading: Books and Resistance in a Troubled Time. The former book editor and book critic of the Los Angeles Times, he teaches at the University of Southern California.
