Let Me Tell You What I Mean

Author(s): Didion, Joan,
Binding: Paperback,
Date of Publication: 20/01/2022,
Pagination: 192 pages,
Series: N/A,
Imprint: Fourth Estate Ltd,
Published By: HarperCollins Publishers,
Book Classification: USA,
Dimensions: 130 x 199 x 17
ISBN13/EAN/SKU: 9780008451783

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Twelve early pieces never before collected that offer an illuminating glimpse into the mind and process of Joan Didion.

Mostly drawn from the earliest part of her astonishing five-decade career, the wide-ranging pieces in this collection include Didion writing about a Gamblers Anonymous meeting, a visit to San Simeon, and a reunion of WWII veterans in Las Vegas, and about topics ranging from Nancy Reagan to Robert Mapplethorpe to Martha Stewart.

Here are subjects Didion has long written about – the press, politics, California robber baronsac, women, the act of writing, and her own self-doubt. Each piece is classic Didion: incisive and, in new light, stunningly prescient.