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Let Me Tell You What I Mean

By Joan Didion
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Let Me Tell You What I Mean presents twelve previously uncollected pieces by Joan Didion, drawn mostly from the early phase of her five-decade career. The essays cover a wide range of subjects including a Gamblers Anonymous meeting, a visit to William Randolph Hearst's castle, a WWII veterans' reunion, and profiles of figures like Nancy Reagan and Ernest Hemingway. Didion explores themes such as the press, politics, California's elite, women, writing, and personal doubt with her characteristic incisive and prescient style.
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From one of our most iconic and influential writers: twelve pieces never before collected that offer an illuminating glimpse into the mind and process of this legendary figure.

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From one of our most iconic and influential writers: twelve pieces never before collected that offer an illuminating glimpse into the mind and process of this legendary figure.

Mostly drawn from the earliest part of her astonishing five-decade career, Didion writes about a Gamblers Anonymous meeting, a visit to William Randolph Hearst's castle at San Simeon, a reunion of WWII veterans in Las Vegas, and about topics ranging from Nancy Reagan to Robert Mapplethorpe, Martha Stewart and Ernest Hemingway.

Let Me Tell You What I Mean includes an Introduction by Hilton Als and reveals what would become her subjects: the press, politics, California robber barons, women, the act of writing, and her own self-doubt. Each piece is classic Didion: incisive, bemused, and stunningly prescient.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780008451752

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 04 February 2021

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Fourth Estate Ltd

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 19.0mm

Width: 135.0mm

Height: 204.0mm

Weight: 240g

Pages: 192

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Arts & Culture Biography & Memoir Education & Reference History & Archaeology History & Military Joan Didion Musicians, Movie Stars & Creative Biographies Non-Fiction

About the Author

Joan Didion is one of America's most respected writers, her work constituting some of the greatest portraits of modern-day American culture. Over the four decades of her career, she has produced widely-acclaimed journalistic essays, personal essays, novels, non-fiction, memoir and screenplays. Her memoir The Year of Magical Thinking won the National Book Award in 2005.

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