{"product_id":"we-tell-ourselves-stories-in-order-to-live-collected-nonfiction-introduction-by-john-leonard-hardcover","title":"We Tell Ourselves Stories in Order to Live: Collected Nonfiction; Introduction by John Leonard - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJoan Didion\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJohn Leonard\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSeven books in one hardcover volume from the bestselling, award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eThe Year of Magical Thinking\u003c\/i\u003e including the full texts of \u003ci\u003eSlouching Towards Bethlehem\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eThe White Album\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eSalvador\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eMiami\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eAfter Henry\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003ePolitical Fictions\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eWhere I Was From\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs featured in the Netflix documentary \u003ci\u003eJoan Didion: The Center Will Not Hold.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJoan Didion's incomparable and distinctive essays and journalism are admired for their acute, incisive observations and their spare, elegant style. Now the seven books of nonfiction that appeared between 1968 and 2003 have been brought together into one thrilling collection. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eSlouching Towards Bethlehem\u003c\/i\u003e captures the counterculture of the sixties, its mood and lifestyle, as symbolized by California, Joan Baez, Haight-Ashbury. \u003ci\u003eThe White Album\u003c\/i\u003e covers the revolutionary politics and the \"contemporary wasteland\" of the late sixties and early seventies, in pieces on the Manson family, the Black Panthers, and Hollywood. \u003ci\u003eSalvador \u003c\/i\u003eis a riveting look at the social and political landscape of civil war. \u003ci\u003eMiami \u003c\/i\u003eexposes the secret role this largely Latin city played in the Cold War, from the Bay of Pigs through Watergate. In \u003ci\u003eAfter Henry\u003c\/i\u003e Didion reports on the Reagans, Patty Hearst, and the Central Park jogger case. The eight essays in \u003ci\u003ePolitical Fictions--\u003c\/i\u003eon censorship in the media, Gingrich, Clinton, Starr, and \"compassionate conservatism,\" among others--show us how we got to the political scene of today. And in \u003ci\u003eWhere I Was From\u003c\/i\u003e Didion shows that California was never the land of the golden dream.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEveryman's Library pursues the highest production standards, printing on acid-free cream-colored paper, with full-cloth cases with two-color foil stamping, decorative endpapers, silk ribbon markers, European-style half-round spines, and a full-color illustrated jacket. Contemporary Classics include an introduction, a select bibliography, and a chronology of the author's life and times.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\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). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1160\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2 x 8.2 x 5.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 17, 2006\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44065053573254,"sku":"9780307264879","price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0664\/3446\/5926\/files\/0VRK-LTgqy9780307264879.webp?v=1781372946","url":"https:\/\/profixdiy.com\/products\/we-tell-ourselves-stories-in-order-to-live-collected-nonfiction-introduction-by-john-leonard-hardcover","provider":"ProFix Home Repair","version":"1.0","type":"link"}