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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. This was a phenomenal set of non-fiction pieces. Didion astounds with her array of work on different subject manner, spanning decades and different issues seamlessly among each other. The writing is descriptive, evocative, and puts the reader at ease with its sense of knowledge and wisdom. She views things with a critical, knowing eye and, no doubt, is an expert in discovering things in the classical vein of journalism, revealing much about the nature of the United States and people in general. 4.25 stars- don't miss this one! I have been working on this read for two and a half months, in between other lighter - literal and figurative - reading. I struggled with Miami and Political Fictions; the pair of them needing more familiarity with the politics around them than I have, I think. And Political Fictions was, perhaps, too recent to be interesting to me. I enjoyed with varying degrees the other books in the anthology, most notably Slouching Toward Bethlehem. Didion's turn of phrase is astoundingly engaging, and even the three essays that dealt with freeways, State waterworks, and suburban shopping malls, construction and terminology of, were interesting and readable. I could wish that she examined some of her subjects with a more feminist lens. The descriptions of Los Angeles will stay with me the most, I think. She paints such excellent pictures with her words. no reviews | add a review
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A compilation of essays and nonfiction writings spanning more than forty years includes the author's reflections on politics, lifestyle, place, and cultural figures, including such topics as Haight-Ashbury, the Manson family, the Black Panthers, California earthquakes, and Bill Clinton. No library descriptions found. |
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