Slouching Towards Bethlehem

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Comentário do usuário - daisyq - LibraryThing

All these essays are worth reading, but "Goodbye to All That" is perfect. I can't even pick a favourite quote, I keep wanting to quote the whole thing. It is such an amazing evocation of time and ... Ler resenha completa

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Comentário do usuário - mkboylan - LibraryThing

Finally getting around to yet another author I haven't read yet. I know her fiction is the thing, but this book of non-fiction essays appealed and I thoroughly enjoyed it. I did not want it to end ... Ler resenha completa

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Comentário do usuário - detailmuse - LibraryThing

This is my third by Didion, after both of her memoirs (The Year of Magical Thinking and Blue Nights) made me eager to read more by her. It’s a collection of 20 turbulent essays -- mostly social ... Ler resenha completa

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Comentário do usuário - sworldbridger - LibraryThing

what a somber embittered little woman. I felt she had a very outsider view sometimes finding great prose or perception but sometimes lacking the intimacy of her subject coming cold and like an ... Ler resenha completa

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Comentário do usuário - ToniApicelli - LibraryThing

Joan Didion's essays are unparalleled. Her description of the states of mind of the people she writes about are clear glimpses into their souls and the times they live in. Ler resenha completa

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Comentário do usuário - nudewoody - LibraryThing

Slouching Towards Bethlehem. Joan Didion. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1990. Reviewed by Elwood Miller In Slouching Towards Bethlehem, Joan Didion writes mostly of life in California. These ... Ler resenha completa

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Comentário do usuário - shousers - LibraryThing

"Hotel California" is based off the first essay "Dreamseekers of the Golden Dream." Is that good or bad? I've read Didion's The Year of Magical Thinking and A Book of Common Prayer and wasn't ... Ler resenha completa