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Joan Didion

Joan Didion is an American author best known for her novels and her literary journalism. Her novels and essays explore the disintegration of American morals and cultural chaos, where the overriding theme is individual and social fragmentation. - Wikipedia

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American writer (1934-2021)

Born 5 December 1934
Died 2021

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  • Cover of: The Year of Magical Thinking

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  • Cover of: Play it as it lays

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  • Cover of: Slouching towards Bethlehem

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  • Cover of: The White Album

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  • Cover of: Democracy

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  • Cover of: Last Thing He Wanted

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  • Cover of: Salvador

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  • Cover of: Prentice Hall Literature: Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes: Gold Level

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  • Cover of: A book of common prayer

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  • Cover of: Prentice Hall Literature: The American Experience

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  • Cover of: A book of common prayer

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  • Cover of: Slouching towards Bethlehem

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  • Cover of: Slouching towards Bethlehem: essays

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  • Cover of: Blue Nights

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  • Cover of: Where I Was From

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American writer (1934-2021)

Born 5 December 1934
Died 2021

Subjects

Essays (single author), Fiction, Fiction, general, American essays, Authors, biography, Mothers and daughters, New York Times reviewed, Social conditions, American Novelists, American literature, Biography, Grief, New York Times bestseller, History, Politics and government, Popular culture, united states, Social life and customs, American fiction, Central america, fiction, Criticism and interpretation, Drama, Essays, Families, Fiction, political, Travel

Places

United States, Florida, California, Miami, Miami (Fla.), États-Unis, Amazon rainforest, Baker Street, Caribbean, El Salvador, Floride, Italy, London, Miami (Flor.), Ship-Trap Island, Tibet, Verona, Alabama, Andover, Barbados, Caribbean Area, Central America, China, Eastern Europe, England

People

Joan Didion, Abram, Archie, Balthasar, Benvolio, Duncan Ross, Escalus, Friar John, Friar Lawrence, General Zaroff, Gregory, Ivan, Jabez Wilson, John Clay, John Gregory Dunne (1932-), John Gregory Dunne (1932-2003), John H. Watson, Juliet Capulet, Lady Capulet, Lady Montague, Mercutio, Mr. Merryweather, Paris, Peter, Police Inspector Jones

Time

20th century, 1890, 1945-, 1979-, 1692, 1861-1865, 1861-65, 1945-1970, 1971-...., 1979-1992, 1981-, 1989-, 1991, 19th century, 2000, 2001-, 2001-2009, 20e siècle, American Civil War, Civil War, 1861-1865, Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775

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