memoirs & later writings

author: joan didion hardcover number of pages: 856 dimensions: 5.3 x 8.18 x 1.22 in / 13.46 x 20.78 x 3.1 cm estimated shipping date: 7-10 days from date of purchase browse the full moonlight book club here about this book: The ultimate Didion edition concludes with the brilliant and haunting works from her incomparable late phase.Library of America now completes its definitive, three-volume edition of one of the most electric writers of our time with the final seven books:  Political Fictions (2001) offers a behind-the-scenes look at the American political landscape of the 1980s, 1990s, and early 2000s, its reflections on sound bites, photo ops, and an increasingly dysfunctional system still bracingly relevant. Fixed Ideas (2003), restored to print in this collection, traces the efforts of the Bush administration to “stake new ground in old domestic wars” in the wake of 9/11. Where I Was From (2003) explores the sunny myths and darker realities of Didion's native California,