Bibliograph

Joan Didion, the 1980's & 90's : Salvador ; Democracy ; Miami ; After Henry ; The last thing he wanted, Joan Didion ; David L. Ulin, editor

Type

Label

Joan Didion, the 1980's & 90's : Salvador ; Democracy ; Miami ; After Henry ; The last thing he wanted, Joan Didion ; David L. Ulin, editor

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 798-823) and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Joan Didion

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1179046109

Responsibility statement

Joan Didion ; David L. Ulin, editor

Series statement

Library of America, 341

Sub title

the 1980's & 90's : Salvador ; Democracy ; Miami ; After Henry ; The last thing he wanted

Summary

"This second volume in Library of America's definitive Didion edition includes two novels and three remarkable essay collections with which she extended the compass of the extraordinary journalistic eye first developed in the celebrated books Slouching Towards Bethlehem and The White Album. Gather here are Salvador, a searing look at terror and Cold War politics in the Central American civil war of the early 1980s; Miami, a portrait not just of a city but of immigration, exile, the cocaine trade, and political violence; and After Henry, in which she reports on Patty Hearst, Nancy Reagan, the case of the Central Park Five, and the Los Angeles she once called home. The novels Democracy and The Last Thing He Wanted, the latter recently adapted for film by Netflix, are fast-paced, deftly observed narratives of power, conspiracy, and corruption in American political life. Taken together, these five books mark the remarkable mid-career evolution of one of the most dynamic writers of our time." -- Amazon.com

Target audience

adult

Classification