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Bezig met laden... Let Me Tell You What I Meandoor Joan Didion
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. This was my first acquaintance with the legendary Didion (1934-2021). This short booklet gives a sample of her columns and slightly longer pieces, spread over her entire career. They aren't all gems, of course, but you can tell how straightforward her style was, and how sharp-witted she could describe things. It may not be entirely representative, but the way she portrays Nancy Reagan (then wife of California governor Ronald Reagan) is both charming and disenchanting. And in both ‘Telling Stories’ and ‘Last Words’ she gives a nice introspection into her way of writing, and in that of others, such as her great example Ernest Hemingway. The only regrettable thing about this book is the voluminous preface, in which just about everything that follows is already explained. ( ) geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
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"From the universally acclaimed, best-selling author of the National Book Award-winning The Year of Magical Thinking: ten pieces never before collected that offer an illuminating glimpse into the mind and process of a legendary writer. Here are six pieces written in 1968 from the "Points West" Saturday Evening Post column Joan Didion shared from 1964 to 1969 with her husband, John Gregory Dunne about: American newspapers; a session with Gamblers Anonymous; a visit to San Simeon; being rejected by Stanford; dropping in on Nancy Reagan, wife of the then-governor of California, while a TV crew filmed her at home; and an evening at the annual reunion of WWII veterans from the 101st Airborne Association at the Stardust Hotel in Las Vegas. Here too is a 1976 piece from the New York Times magazine on "Why I Write"; a piece about short stories from New West in 1978; and from The New Yorker, a piece on Hemingway from 1998, and on Martha Stewart from 2000. Each one is classic Didion: incisive, bemused, and stunningly prescient"-- Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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Google Books — Bezig met laden... GenresDewey Decimale Classificatie (DDC)814.54Literature English (North America) American essays 20th Century 1945-1999LC-classificatieWaarderingGemiddelde:
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