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The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion | |
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About 154 pages (46,100 words) in 7 products |
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Joan Didion | | Birth Date: |
December 5, 1934 | | Place of Birth: |
Sacramento, California | | Nationality: |
American | | Gender: |
Female | | Occupations: |
writer |
summary from source:
 Biography of Joan Didion
11716 words, approx. 39.1 pages
 "Things fall apart; the center cannot hold; / Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world." These lines and the William Butler Yeats poem from which they come hold a special fascination for Joan Didion which is reflected in her fictional work. Her protagonists... summary from source:
 Biography of Joan Didion
10615 words, approx. 35.4 pages
Ever since she first appeared on the literary scene in the early 1960s, Joan Didion has been identified as a California writer. Although her heart belongs to the provincial Sacramento of her girlhood, her best-known essays and novels are set in the conte... summary from source:
Biography of Joan Didion
4829 words, approx. 16.1 pages
Joan Didion told an interviewer in 1992 that she "started out thinking things were pretty coherent. Then I was surprised when they weren't. I decided I better tell people." Didion tells stories of disorder in minimalist novels, lyrical reportage, and per...
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756 words, approx. 3 pages
 The narrative structure of the book parallels the mental re-living of a tragic event that is common to many experiences of grief. The outline of the story remains constant: Didion and her husband were returning home after a visit to their daughter...
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