Joan Didion. First edition (stated). Dust Jacket: Very Good+ An unclipped jacket designed by Carol Devine Carson. Hardcover: Very Good. NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 2001. No writing or markings in the book, 338 pp. The book's binding (spine) is slightly skewed but still solid and fully intact.
"A collection of eight pieces, starting in 1988 with the election of the first Bush as president - pieces that create a portrait of the American political landscape that tells us, devastatingly, how we got where we are today. Of course, today things are far worse than they were 20 years ago when this was published, but we can still learn from her book." Would make great gift for readers or collectors of Joan Didion...a really interesting look at American neoliberal politics during the 80's and 90's.
The Year of Magical Thinking, written after the sudden death of her husband, won the 2005 National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize for Biography/Memoir and became a best-seller.
Joan Didion at the time of publication for this book had written five novels and five previous books of nonfiction. Joan Didion died in December 2021 at age 87.
