Where I Was From
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Where I Was From by Joan Didion
Fromthe bestselling, award-winning author of The Year of Magical Thinking- In this "arresting amalgam of memoir and historical timeline" (The Baltimore Sun), Didion-a native Californian-reassesses parts of her life, her work, her history, and ours.Didion applies her scalpel-like intelligence to California'sethic of ruthless self-sufficiency in order to examine that ethic's often tenuous relationship to reality. Combining history and reportage, memoir and literary criticism, Where I Was From explores California's romances with land and water; its unacknowledged debts to railroads, aerospace, and big government; the disjunction between its code of individualism and its fetish for prisons.
Whether she is writing about her pioneer ancestors or privileged sexual predators, robber barons or writers (not excluding herself), Didion is an unparalleled observer, and this book is at once intellectually provocative and deeply personal.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780679752868 |
| ISBN 10 | 0679752862 |
| Title | Where I Was From |
| Author | Joan Didion |
| Series | Vintage International |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Random House USA Inc |
| Year published | 2004-09-14 |
| Number of pages | 240 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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