{"product_id":"run-river-isbn-9780679752509","title":"Run River","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe iconic writer's electrifying first novel is\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003ea story of marriage, murder and betrayal that only she could tell with such nuance, sympathy, and suspense—f\u003c\/b\u003erom the bestselling, award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eThe Year of Magical Thinking\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eLet Me Tell You What I Mean.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEverett McClellan and his wife, Lily, are the great-grandchildren of pioneers, and what happens to them is a tragic epilogue to the pioneer experience—a haunting portrait of a marriage whose wrong turns and betrayals are at once absolutely idiosyncratic and a razor-sharp commentary on the history of California.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"There hasn't been another American writer of Joan Didion's quality since Nathanael  West.... [She has] a vision as bleak and precise as Eliot's.\" —John Leonard, \u003ci\u003eThe  New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A slant of vision that is arresting and unique . . . Didion might  be an observer from another planet—one so edgy and alert that she ends up knowing  more about our own world than we know ourselves.\"\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e—Anne Tyler, \u003ci\u003eNew Republic\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A beautifully  told first novel . . . written in prose both witty and imaginative.\" —\u003ci\u003eThe Times Literary  Supplement \u003c\/i\u003e(London)\u003c\/p\u003eJOAN DIDION was born in Sacramento in 1934 and graduated from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1956. After graduation, Didion moved to New York and began working for \u003ci\u003eVogue\u003c\/i\u003e, which led to her career as a journalist and writer. Didion published her first novel, \u003ci\u003eRun River\u003c\/i\u003e, in 1963. Didion’s other novels include \u003ci\u003eA Book of Common Prayer\u003c\/i\u003e (1977), \u003ci\u003eDemocracy\u003c\/i\u003e (1984), and \u003ci\u003eThe Last Thing He Wanted \u003c\/i\u003e(1996).\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Didion’s first volume of essays, \u003ci\u003eSlouching Towards Bethlehem\u003c\/i\u003e, was published in 1968, and her second, \u003ci\u003eThe White Album\u003c\/i\u003e, was published in 1979. Her nonfiction works include \u003ci\u003eSalvador\u003c\/i\u003e (1983), \u003ci\u003eMiami\u003c\/i\u003e (1987), \u003ci\u003eAfter Henry\u003c\/i\u003e (1992), \u003ci\u003ePolitical Fictions \u003c\/i\u003e(2001), \u003ci\u003eWhere I Was From \u003c\/i\u003e(2003), \u003ci\u003eWe Tell Ourselves Stories in Order to Live\u003c\/i\u003e (2006), \u003ci\u003eBlue Nights\u003c\/i\u003e (2011), \u003ci\u003eSouth and West \u003c\/i\u003e(2017) and \u003ci\u003eLet Me Tell You What I Mean \u003c\/i\u003e(2021). Her memoir \u003ci\u003eThe Year of Magical Thinking\u003c\/i\u003e won the National Book Award for Nonfiction in 2005. \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e In 2005, Didion was awarded the American Academy of Arts \u0026amp; Letters Gold Medal in Criticism and Belles Letters. In 2007, she was awarded the National Book Foundation’s Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters. A portion of National Book Foundation citation read: \"An incisive observer of American politics and culture for more than forty-five years, Didion’s distinctive blend of spare, elegant prose and fierce intelligence has earned her books a place in the canon of American literature as well as the admiration of generations of writers and journalists.” In 2013, she was awarded a National Medal of Arts and Humanities by President Barack Obama, and the PEN Center USA’s Lifetime Achievement Award.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDidion said of her writing: \"I write entirely to find out what I’m thinking, what I’m looking at, what I see and what it means.” She died in December 2021.","brand":"Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46302912610533,"sku":"NP9780679752509","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780679752509.jpg?v=1767735973","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/run-river-isbn-9780679752509","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}