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Joan Didion: The Last Interview and Other Conversations

Melville House
4.12/5 (302 ratings)
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The iconic writer whose prose was as influential and as it is unmistakably hers is joined in conversation with Sheila Heti, Hilton Als, Dave Eggers, Hari Kunzru and many more.

Some writers define a generation. Some a genre. Joan Didion did both, and much more. Didion rose to prominence with her nonfiction collection, Slouching Towards Bethlehem, and she quickly became the writer who captured the zeitgeist of the washed-out, acid hangover of the 60s. But as a bicoastal writer of fiction and nonfiction whose writing ranged from personal essays and raw, intimate memoirs to reportage on international affairs and social justice, Didion is much harder to pin down than her reputation might suggest.

This collection encompasses it all, in conversations that delve into her underappreciated mid-career works, her influences, the loss of her husband and daughter, and her most infamous essays. Far from the evasive, terse minimalist that has come to dominate the image of Joan Didion, what this collection reveals is a warm, thoughtful woman whose well earned legacy promises to live on for readers and writers for many generations to come.

Series Overview: The Last Interview and Other Conversations celebrates the heroes of arts and literature with a collection of interviews from the artists' working lives.
Format:
Paperback
Pages:
192 pages
Publication:
2022
Publisher:
Melville House
Edition:
Language:
eng
ISBN10:
1685890113
ISBN13:
9781685890117
kindle Asin:
B09STCF3YK

Joan Didion: The Last Interview and Other Conversations

Melville House
4.12/5 (302 ratings)
Read Download
The iconic writer whose prose was as influential and as it is unmistakably hers is joined in conversation with Sheila Heti, Hilton Als, Dave Eggers, Hari Kunzru and many more.

Some writers define a generation. Some a genre. Joan Didion did both, and much more. Didion rose to prominence with her nonfiction collection, Slouching Towards Bethlehem, and she quickly became the writer who captured the zeitgeist of the washed-out, acid hangover of the 60s. But as a bicoastal writer of fiction and nonfiction whose writing ranged from personal essays and raw, intimate memoirs to reportage on international affairs and social justice, Didion is much harder to pin down than her reputation might suggest.

This collection encompasses it all, in conversations that delve into her underappreciated mid-career works, her influences, the loss of her husband and daughter, and her most infamous essays. Far from the evasive, terse minimalist that has come to dominate the image of Joan Didion, what this collection reveals is a warm, thoughtful woman whose well earned legacy promises to live on for readers and writers for many generations to come.

Series Overview: The Last Interview and Other Conversations celebrates the heroes of arts and literature with a collection of interviews from the artists' working lives.
Format:
Paperback
Pages:
192 pages
Publication:
2022
Publisher:
Melville House
Edition:
Language:
eng
ISBN10:
1685890113
ISBN13:
9781685890117
kindle Asin:
B09STCF3YK

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