An intimate exploration of the life, craft, and legacy of one of
the most revered and influential writers, an artist who continues
to inspire fans and creatives to cultivate practices of deep
attention, rigourous interrogation and beautiful style. Joan Didion
was a writer’s writer; not only a groundbreaking journalist,
essayist, novelist and screenwriter, but a keen observer who honed
her sights on life’s telling details. Her insights continue to
influence creatives and admirers, encouraging them to become close
observers of the world, unsentimental critics, and meticulous
stylists. An antidote to a global view that narrows our vision to
the smallest screens, The World According To Joan Didion is a
meditation on the people, places, and objects that propelled
Didion’s prose and an invitation to journalists, storytellers,
and life adventurers to “throw themselves into the convulsions of
the world,” as she once said. Evelyn McDonnell, the acclaimed
journalist, essayist, critic, feminist, native Californian, and
university professor who regularly teaches Didion’s work, is
attuned to interpret Didion’s vision for readers today. Inspired
by Didion’s own words—from her works both published and
unpublished—and informed by the people who knew Didion and those
whose lives she shaped, The World According to Joan Didion is an
illustrated journey through her life, tracing the path she carved
from Sacramento, Portuguese Bend, Los Angeles, and Malibu to
Manhattan, Miami, and Hawaii. McDonnell reveals the world as it was
seen through Didion’s eyes and explores her work in chapters
keyed to the singular physical motifs of her writing: Snake.
Typewriter. Hotel. Notebook. Girl. Etc. One of the first books to
be published after the revered writer’s death in 2021, The World
According to Joan Didion is a literary companion for those
embarking on new journeys and a guide to innovative ways of being.
It will radically transform the way you explore the world, and will
help you answer the question as you sit in a café, or on a plane
or train, pondering the future: What would Joan Didion have seen?
General
Imprint: |
Fourth Estate
|
Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Release date: |
November 2023 |
Authors: |
Evelyn McDonnell
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Dimensions: |
216 x 135 x 16mm (L x W x T) |
Pages: |
256 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-00-865090-2 |
Categories: |
Books
|
LSN: |
0-00-865090-X |
Barcode: |
9780008650902 |
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