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Blå timer er en fritstående fortsættelse af Et år med magisk tænkning og om muligt en endnu stærkere bog. Den handler især om Joan Didions datters død. Om det frygteligt forkerte i at skulle begrave sin voksne datter kort tid efter hendes bryllup. Om at s
I julen 2003 blev Joan Didion og hendes mand, John Gregory Dunnes, datter alvorligt syg. Nogle dage senere, netop hjemvendt fra et besøg hos hende på hospitalet, sætter de sig til at spise aftensmad, da John pludselig falder død om, ramt af et hjerteslag.
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 playing Some
From one of the most important chroniclers of our time, come two extended excerpts from her never-before-seen notebookswritings that offer an illuminating glimpse into the mind and process of a legendary writer. Joan Didion has always kept notebooks: of o
Joan Didions savage masterpiece, which, since first publication in 1968, has been acknowledged as an unparalleled report on the state of America during the upheaval of the Sixties Revolution. We forget all too soon the things we thought we could never for
Introducing the Collins Modern Classics, a series featuring some of the most significant books of recent times, books that shed light on the human experience classics which will endure for generations to come. A single person is missing for you, and the
From one of the most important chroniclers of our time, come two extended excerpts from her never-before-seen notebooks writings that offer an illuminating glimpse into the mind and process of a legendary writer. Joan Didion has always kept notebooks: of
Joan Didions hugely influential collection of essays which defines, for many, the America which rose from the ashes of the Sixties. We tell ourselves stories in order to live. The princess is caged in the consulate. The man with the candy will lead the ch
From one of our most powerful writers, a classic work of stunning frankness about losing a daughter. Richly textured with bits of her own childhood and married life with her husband, John Gregory Dunne, and daughter, Quintana Roo, this new book by Joan Di
A ruthless and unflinching examination of American life in the late 1960s, from the author of The Year of Magical Thinking. One thing in my defence, not that it matters: I know what nothing means, and keep on playing Somewhere out beyond Hollywood, hollow
Et ekstraordinært værk af forfatteren til Et år med magisk tænkning og Blå timer . I november 1999 begyndte Joan Didion at se en psykiater, fordi hendes familie havde haft "et par hårde år." Hun beskrev sessionerne i en logbog, som hun stilede t
A memoir of land, family and perseverance from one of the most influential writers in America. In this moving and surprising book, Joan Didion reassesses parts of her life, her work, her history and Americas. Where I Was From, in Didion's words, &quo
From one of America's iconic writers, a portrait of a marriage and a life in good times and bad that will speak to anyone who has ever loved a husband or wife or child. A stunning book of electric honesty and passion. Joan Didion explores an intense
Twelve early pieces never before collected that offer an illuminating glimpse into the mind and process of Joan Didion. Mostly drawn from the earliest part of her astonishing five-decade career, the wide-ranging pieces in this collection include Didion wr
AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Utterly fascinating NEW YORK TIMES An act of intimate storytelling VOGUE A profound, rich document NEW STATESMAN A deeply moving, newly discovered journal from one of Americas most iconic writers, Joan Didion, the auth
A New York Times Notable Book and National Bestseller From one of our most powerful writers, a work of stunning frankness about losing a daughter. Richly textured with memories from her own childhood and married life with her husband, John Gregory Dunne,
El Salvador, 1982, is at the height of a ghastly civil war. Joan Didion travels from battlefields to body dumps, interviews a puppet president, considers the distinctly Salvadorean meaning of the verb 'to disappear' and trains a merciless eye not
This is a surprising portrait of the pastel city, a masterly study of Cuban immigration and exile, and a sly account of vile moments in the Cold War. Miami may be the sunniest place in America but this is Didion's darkest book, in which she explores A
This happened on December 30, 2003. That may seem a while ago but it won't when it happens to you Joan Didion explores an intensely personal yet universal experience: several days before Christmas 2003, John Gregory Dunne and Joan Didion saw their onl
A ruthless dissection of American life in the late 1960s, Joan Didion's Play It as It Lays captures the mood of an entire generation, the ennui of contemporary society reflected in spare prose that blisters and haunts the reader. Set in a place beyond
The first nonfiction work by one of the most distinctive prose stylists of our era, "Slouching Towards Bethlehem "remains, forty years after its first publication, the essential portrait of America-- particularly California--in the sixties. It f
National Bestseller In these coolly observant essays, Joan Didion looks at the American political process and at "that handful of insiders who invent, year in and year out, the narrative of public life." Through the deconstruction of the sound b
Genudgivelse i paperback. I julen 2003 blev Joan Didion og hendes mand, John Gregory Dunnes datter alvorligt syg. Nogle dage senere, netop hjemvendt fra et besøg hos hende på hospitalet, sætter de sig til at spise aftensmad, da John falder død om, ramt af
Genudgivelse i paperback. Blå timer er en fritstående fortsættelse af Et år med magisk tænkning og om muligt en endnu stærkere bog. Den handler især om Joan Didions datters død. Om det frygteligt forkerte i at skulle begrave sin voksne datter kort tid eft
Slæber sig mod Betlehem er titlen på Joan Didions ikoniske essaysamling fra 1968. Bogen udkommer i SKALA-serien for genopdagede mesterværker. Den er og bliver det mest væsentlige portræt af USA og særligt Californien i 1960erne, der er skrevet, og den ble
AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Utterly fascinating NEW YORK TIMES An act of intimate storytelling VOGUE A profound, rich document NEW STATESMAN A deeply moving, newly discovered journal from one of Americas most iconic writers, Joan Didion, the auth
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - From one of our most iconic and influential writers, the award-winning author of The Year of Magical Thinking a timeless collection that reveals what would become Joan Didion's subjects, including the press, politics, Calif
First published in 1979, The White Album records indelibly the upheavals and aftermaths of the 1960s. Examining key events, figures, and trends of the era--including Charles Manson, the Black Panthers, and the shopping mall--through the lens of her own sp
The essential portrait of America in the sixties, by the acclaimed author of The Year of Magical Thinking. More than a half century after its publication in 1968, Joan Didion's Slouching Towards Bethlehem remains an essential portrait of America--and
An extraordinary work from the author of The Year of Magical Thinking and Blue Nights In November 1999, Joan Didion began seeing a psychiatrist because, as she wrote to a friend, her family had had "a rough few years." She described the sessions
Inez Victor knows that the major casualty of the political life is memory. But the people around Inez have made careers out of losing track. Her senator husband wants to forget the failure of his last bid for the presidency. Her husband's handler woul
Miami is not just a portrait of a city, but a masterly study of immigration and exile, passion, hypocrisy, and political violence, f rom the bestselling, award-winning author of The Year of Magical Thinking and Let Me Tell You What I Mean. It is where Fid
This hardcover omnibus edition of Didion's collected nonfiction contains her final four books: Blue Nights, South and West, Let Me Tell You What I Mean, and her bestselling and most famous work, The Year of Magical Thinking In her essay Why I Write
Angst og glamour præger Joan Didions barske Hollywood-romanINTET GÆLDER en helt central bog i det 20. århundredes amerikanske litteratur, som nu for første gang foreligger på dansk. Bogen udkommer iSkala-serien, der består afgenopdagede hovedværker, også
AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Utterly fascinating NEW YORK TIMES An act of intimate storytelling VOGUE A profound, rich document NEW STATESMAN A deeply moving, newly discovered journal from one of Americas most iconic writers, Joan Didion, the auth
From one of our most iconic and influential writers: a timeless collection of mostly early pieces that reveal what would become Joan Didion's subjects, including the press, politics, California robber barons, women, and her own self-doubt. These twelv
Et ekstraordinært værk af forfatteren til Et år med magisk tænkning og Blå timer . I november 1999 begyndte Joan Didion at se en psykiater, fordi hendes familie havde haft "et par hårde år."Hun beskrev sessionerne i en logbog, som hun stilede ti
National Bestseller From one of America's iconic writers, a stunning book of electric honesty and passion that explores an intensely personal yet universal experience: a portrait of a marriage--and a life, in good times and bad--that will speak to any
An exploration of the visual corollary to Didion's life and work and the feeling that each generates in her admirers, detractors and critics-including artists from Helen Lundeberg to Diane Arbus, Betye Saar to Maren Hassinger, Vija Celmins and Andy Wa
The ultimate Didion: all 17 of her major works of fiction, journalism, and memoir together for the first time in a 3-volume boxed set A must for fans of the most eclectic and enduring writers of the last half century In 1968, a collection of reportage app