Título: The World According to Joan Didion
Autor: Joan Didion
Sinopse: An intimate exploration of the life, craft, and legacy of one of the most revered and influential writers, an artist who continues to inspire fans and creatives to cultivate practices of deep attention, rigorous interrogation and beautiful style. Joan Didion was a writer’s writer; not only a groundbreaking journalist, essayist, novelist and screenwriter, but a keen observer who honed her sights on life’s telling details. Her insights continue to influence creatives and admirers, encouraging them to become close observers of the world, unsentimental critics, and meticulous stylists. An antidote to a global view that narrows our vision to the smallest screens, The World According To Joan Didion is a meditation on the people, places, and objects that propelled Didion’s prose and an invitation to journalists, storytellers, and life adventurers to “throw themselves into the convulsions of the world,” as she once said. Evelyn McDonnell, the acclaimed journalist, essayist, critic, feminist, native Californian, and university professor who regularly teaches Didion’s work, is attuned to interpret Didion’s vision for readers today. Inspired by Didion’s own words—from her works both published and unpublished—and informed by the people who knew Didion and those whose lives she shaped, The World According to Joan Didion is an illustrated journey through her life, tracing the path she carved from Sacramento, Portuguese Bend, Los Angeles, and Malibu to Manhattan, Miami, and Hawaii. McDonnell reveals the world as it was seen through Didion’s eyes and explores her work in chapters keyed to the singular physical motifs of her Snake. Typewriter. Hotel. Notebook. Girl. Etc. One of the first books to be published after the revered writer’s death in 2021, The World According to Joan Didion is a literary companion for those embarking on new journeys and a guide to innovative ways of being. It will radically transform the way you explore the world, and will help you answer the question as you sit in a café, or on a plane or train, pondering the What would Joan Didion have seen?
Contexto da obra
Quando a classificação é mais ampla, o contexto do livro costuma depender ainda mais de autoria, tema e edição. “The World According to Joan Didion”, de Joan Didion, publicado pela editora Harper Collins, em 2023 e com 243 páginas, integra a categoria Livros Variados. Por isso, autoria, edição e tema acabam tendo ainda mais peso na forma de apresentar o livro.
Editora: Harper Collins
Páginas: 243
Ano: 2023
Edição:
Linguagem: inglês
ISBN: 0008650896
ISBN13: 9780008650896
Sobre a editora
Os livros da editora HARPER COLLINS apresentam uma variedade de narrativas que transitam entre o fantástico, o histórico e o realista, com frequente atenção a conflitos pessoais e sociais profundos. Muitas obras exploram dilemas éticos e culturais, como tensões raciais em planetas distantes ou dramas humanos ambientados em períodos de guerra, oferecendo um tom que mescla suspense, emoção e reflexão. O catálogo também inclui textos que abordam temas práticos e didáticos, como educação sexual inclusiva e guias de autoconhecimento, o que indica um interesse por leitores que buscam tanto entretenimento quanto conhecimento. A linguagem varia entre o acessível e o elaborado, com ritmo que pode ser tanto intenso e tenso quanto contemplativo e informativo, dependendo do enfoque da obra.
