Play It As It Lays by Joan Didion (English) Paperback Book

Description: Play It As It Lays by Joan Didion A profoundly disturbing novel that ruthlessly dissects American life in the late 1960s, from the author of The White Album and The Year of Magical Thinking. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description A profoundly disturbing novel that ruthlessly dissects American life in the late 1960s, from the author of The White Album and The Year of Magical Thinking. One thing in my defence, not that it matters: I know what nothing means, and keep on playingSomewhere out beyond Hollywood, hollowed-out actress Maria Wyeths life plays out in a numbing routine of perpetual freeway driving. In her early thirties, divorced from her husband, dislocated from friends, anesthetized to pain and pleasure, Wheth is a woman who has run out of both desires and motives – the epitome of a generation made ill by too much freedom.More than five decades after its original publication, Play it as it Lays remains a profoundly disturbing novel that ruthlessly dissects American life in the late 1960s, from the author of The White Album and The Year of Magical Thinking. Author Biography Joan Didion is one of Americas most respected writers, her work constituting some of the greatest portraits of modern-day American culture. Over the four decades of her career, she has produced widely-acclaimed journalistic essays, personal essays, novels, non-fiction, memoir and screenplays. Her memoir The Year of Magical Thinking won the National Book Award in 2005. Review She writes with a razor … You are both frightened and astonished … It seems to me just about perfect, so heartbreaking and inescapable New York TimesDidions modant lucidity is like L.A. sunlight, a thing so bright sometimes it hurts Time, Top 100 Novels of All TimeFor a few decades, this was my favourite modern American novel … revelatory Bret Easton Ellis, author of American Psycho Promotional A gripping literary fiction psychological thriller novel Long Description A ruthless and unflinching examination of American life in the late 1960s, from the author of The Year of Magical Thinking. Somewhere out beyond Hollywood, hollowed-out actress Maria Wyeths life plays out in a numbing routine of perpetual freeway driving. Anaesthetized to pain and pleasure, she is seemingly unaffected by her fraught personal history. In her early thirties, divorced from her husband, dislocated from friends, and somehow detached from her past and future, Wyeth epitomises a generation made ill by too much freedom. Set beyond good and evil - literally in Los Angeles and the barren wastescapes of the Mojave desert, and figuratively in the landscapes of a broken spirit - Play It As It Lays is an immaculately wrought vision of Californian culture on the cusp of the 1970s. Three decades after its original publication, the novel remains an intense dissection of a very particular time and place. Review Quote She writes with a razor. " New York Times A pioneer of New Journalism, she brilliantly chronicled America "s cultural and political life. " Guardian Didions mordant lucidity is like L.A. sunlight, a thing so bright sometimes it hurts. " Time PRAISE FOR THE YEAR OF MAGICAL THINKING Her poetic writing has a spell-like charm that is profoundly affecting. Observer this brave book maps a year when the world flipped over to expose the underside of cool where things go bad. " The Times The subject may be bleak, but her tender treatment makes it a book that we should all read. Daily Mail Feature Competition: White Oleander; Less Than Zero. Janet Fitch;Bret Easton Ellis; Description for Sales People A ruthless and unflinching examination of American life in the late 1960s, from the author of The Year of Magical Thinking. Somewhere out beyond Hollywood, hollowed-out actress Maria Wyeths life plays out in a numbing routine of perpetual freeway driving. Anaesthetized to pain and pleasure, she is seemingly unaffected by her fraught personal history. In her early thirties, divorced from her husband, dislocated from friends, and somehow detached from her past and future, Wyeth epitomises a generation made ill by too much freedom. Set beyond good and evil - literally in Los Angeles and the barren wastescapes of the Mojave desert, and figuratively in the landscapes of a broken spirit - Play It As It Lays is an immaculately wrought vision of Californian culture on the cusp of the 1970s. Three decades after its original publication, the novel remains an intense dissection of a very particular time and place. * The Year of Magical Thinking was a New York Times bestseller and has sold over a million copies. It received over 14 Book of the Year nominations and won Americas National Book Award. It has sold over 100,000 copies in the UK to date. * This reissue coincides with the publication of Didions new and much-anticipated memoir Blue Nights - a profound, poetic and powerful book of incredible honesty about ageing and love. * Joan Didion is one of Americas iconic and widely-respected writers. Her writing crosses genres deftly and imaginatively and is brave in its exploration of both intensely personal yet universal issues. Details ISBN0007414986 Author Joan Didion ISBN-10 0007414986 ISBN-13 9780007414987 Media Book Publisher HarperCollins Publishers Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom DEWEY 813.54 Language English Short Title PLAY IT AS IT LAYS Residence New York, NY, US Pages 224 Year 2011 Publication Date 2011-11-10 Format Paperback UK Release Date 2011-11-10 Imprint Fourth Estate Ltd Narrator Christopher Barlow Birth 1918 Affiliation University of Alabama Position Assistant Professor Qualifications PsyD Alternative 9780007414994 Audience General AU Release Date 2012-04-18 NZ Release Date 2012-04-19 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:40771609;

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