{"product_id":"9780008650926","title":"The World According to Joan Didion","description":"\u003cp\u003e\n          \u003cstrong\u003eAn 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.\u003c\/strong\u003e\n        \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJoan 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn antidote to a global view that narrows our vision to the smallest screens, \u003cem\u003eThe World According To Joan Didion\u003c\/em\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvelyn 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 Inspired by Didion’s own words—from her works both published and unpublished—and informed by the people who knew Didion and those whose lives she shaped, The World According to Joan Didion is an illustrated journey through her life,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 writing: Snake. Typewriter. Hotel. Notebook. Girl. Etc.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne of the first books to be published after the revered writer’s death in 2021, T\u003cem\u003ehe World According to Joan Didion\u003c\/em\u003e 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 future: What would Joan Didion have seen?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvelyn McDonnell's The World According to Joan Didion is a compelling exploration of the life and work of one of the best figures in the world of arts and literature. This top-notch biography delves deep into the themes that shaped Didion's work, making it a must-read for anyone interested in feminist theory and social criticism.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor fans of Annie Ernaux (The Use of Photography), Olivia Laing (The Lonely City), Alistair Owen (Smoking in Bed), Lyndsey Stonebridge (We Are Free to Change the World), and Maggie O'Farrell (I Am, I Am, I Am).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHarperCollins 2023\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Evelyn McDonnell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46889110077589,"sku":"9780008650926","price":34.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0484\/3175\/9509\/files\/9780008650926_8a87480c-04b7-4c5b-98d3-0b7ceefe87c3.jpg?v=1776888363","url":"https:\/\/harpercollins.com.au\/products\/9780008650926","provider":"HarperCollins AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}