{"product_id":"the-joan-didion-collection-isbn-9781598537888","title":"The Joan Didion Collection","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe ultimate Didion: all 17 of her major works of fiction, journalism, and memoir together for the first time in a 3-volume boxed set\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Essential.\" —\u003ci\u003eEsquire\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 1968, a collection of reportage appeared that was unlike anything seen before, remarkable in its literary aspiration and a milestone in what would become known as the New Journalism. A series of wickedly incisive portraits of California and its people—from fading stars to homicidal housewives to drug-addled hippies—\u003ci\u003eSlouching Towards Bethlehem \u003c\/i\u003ewas a sensation, signaling the arrival of a major writer. It attracted not only readers but devotees, and Joan Didion became more than just a celebrated author, she became an icon for the age. Now, for the first time, all her best-known and most enduring works are gathered together in a career-spanning 3-volume Library of America boxed set.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE JOAN DIDION COLLECTION\u003c\/b\u003e includes:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eI. The 1960s \u0026amp; 70s\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRun River\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSlouching Towards Bethlehem\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePlay It As It Lays\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Book of Common Prayer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe White Album\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eII. The 1980s \u0026amp; 90s\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSalvador\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDemocracy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMiami\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAfter Henry\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Last Thing He Wanted\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eIII. Memoirs \u0026amp; Later Writings\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePolitical Fictions\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFixed Ideas\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhere I Was From\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Year of Magical Thinking \u003c\/i\u003e(memoir and play)\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBlue Nights\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSouth and West\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEdited by David L. Ulin, each volume contains a textual essay, a chronology of Didion's life and career, and detailed notes.\"Since her death, Joan Didion’s sterling reputation has only grown. This year alone saw another crop of Didion-related volumes—including Lil Anorak’s highly entertaining, \u003ci\u003eDidion \u0026amp; Babitz\u003c\/i\u003e—but the proof is in Didion’s oeuvre, which is beautifully presented in this comprehensive box set from the Library of America. Essential.\" —\u003cb\u003eAlex Belth, \u003ci\u003eEsquire\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"The Joan Didion Collection\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eis a lovely gift for readers. It could be, however, a dangerous thing to\u003cbr\u003egive a writer. A random selection of these 2,600-odd pages might cause a spasm of imitation, which is almost certain to turn out badly.\" \u003cb\u003e—Chris Barsanti, \u003ci\u003eRain Taxi\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eJoan Didion\u003c\/b\u003e (1934–2021) was one of the most distinct American literary voices of the last century, the author of five novels and nine books of nonfiction, including \u003ci\u003eSlouching Towards Bethlehem\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe White Album\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePlay It As It Lays\u003c\/i\u003e, and the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e best sellers \u003ci\u003eThe Year of Magical Thinking\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBlue Nights\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eSouth and West\u003c\/i\u003e. She was the recipient of numerous awards, including the National Book Award for Nonfiction and the National Book Foundations' Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e David L. Ulin\u003c\/b\u003e is the author or editor of numerous books, including \u003ci\u003eSidewalking: Coming to Terms with Los Angeles\u003c\/i\u003e; the Library of America's \u003ci\u003eWriting Los Angeles: A Literary Anthology\u003c\/i\u003e, which won a California Book Award; and \u003ci\u003eThe Lost Art of Reading: Books and Resistance in a Troubled Time\u003c\/i\u003e. The former book editor and book critic of the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e, he teaches at the University of Southern California.","brand":"Library of America","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48233689743589,"sku":"NP9781598537888","price":119.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781598537888.jpg?v=1767740006","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/the-joan-didion-collection-isbn-9781598537888","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}