Joan Didion

Yllättävä arkistolöytö ja kirjallinen helmi aikamme kirjailijalegendalta. Joan Didionin kuoleman jälkeen hänen työhuoneestaan löytyi huolellisesti järjestetty pino tekstejä, jotka olivat syntyneet kirjailijan aloitettua säännölliset tapaamiset psykiatrinsa kanssa. Didion kirjoittaa suoraan ja kirkkaasti elämänsä käänteentekevistä hetkistä, tällä kertaa myös kaikkein vaikeimmista asioista. Merkintöjä Johnille täydentää trilogian, jonka aiempia osia ovat Maagisen ajattelun aika ja Iltojen sinessä. Se avaa uudella tavalla ikonisen kirjailijan ajattelua ja syvimpiä tuntoja.Joan Didion on yhdysvaltalaisen nykykirjallisuuden kantavimpia ääniä, jonka yhä uudet sukupolvet löytävät.

Mestarillisen kirjoittajan lumoava ja ristiriitaisuudesta voimansa ammentava teos äidin ja tyttären suhteesta.On heinäkuu 2010. Joan Didion muistelee tytärtään Quintanaa. Ajatus, että tänään olisi tyttären seitsemäs hääpäivä, herättää hänen mieleensä eläviä tuokiokuvia Quintanan lapsuudesta ja kouluvuosista.Rikas muistojen kudelma kuvaa vaikuttavasti elämän kipeyttä ja kauneutta: symbioottista suhdetta tyttäreen ja etäisyyttä, joka äidin ja tyttären välillä silti vallitsee; pelkoa ajan kulumisesta ja vanhenemisesta ja siitä, onko lainkaan onnistunut äitinä.Loistokas teos on syvästi henkilökohtainen ja perustavalla tavalla universaali tutkielma elämän herkästä hauraudesta.

Ylistetyn kirjailijan klassikoksi noussut teos surusta ja elämän säilyttämisestä.On uuden vuoden ilta. Joan Didion ja hänen miehensä John Gregory Dunne ovat juuri palanneet sairaalasta, jossa heidän ainoa tyttärensä Quintana taistelee koomassa elämästä ja kuolemasta. He ovat istuutumassa ruokapöytään, kun John kesken lauseen saa sydänkohtauksen – neljäkymmentä vuotta kestänyt avioliitto on hetkessä ohi.Maagisen ajattelun aika pukee kuoleman sanoiksi. Samalla se on kaunis rakkaudentunnustus aviomiehelle ja luotetulle, jota ei enää ole.”Maagisen ajattelun aika on monessa suhteessa valoisa kirja, vaikka se on kirjoitettu suuren surun vallassa.” – Aftonbladet

From one of our most powerful writers, a classic work of stunning frankness about losing a daughter.

Una antolog a de los mejores art culos y ensayos de la periodista y escritora Joan Didion. En la tierra dorada el futuro siempre es atractivo, porque nadie recuerda el pasado. Joan Didion es una de las cronistas fundamentales de la segunda mitad del siglo XX. En una edici n a cargo de Claudio L pez de Lamadrid, Los que sue an el sue o dorado re ne por primera vez en castellano una selecci n de art culos y ensayos de sus libros Arrastrarse hacia Bel n, un cl sico moderno sobre la vida en la Norteam rica de los a os sesenta y especialmente sobre el centro de la contracultura, California; El lbum blanco, un mosaico de los a os sesenta y setenta que incluye episodios vagamente autobiogr ficos; Despu s de Henry, donde Joan Didion nos advierte sobre las fantas as que los medios de comunicaci n construyen en torno a las v ctimas de cr menes violentos; Salvador, que dibuja un retrato de los horrores cometidos en ese pa s y su estrecha relaci n con la pol tica exterior de Estados Unidos, y Miami, donde reflexiona acerca de la inmigraci n y el exilio, y la pasi n, la hipocres a y la violencia pol ticas. Todos ellos conforman una visi n cr tica y literaria fundamental para entender la sociedad norteamericana actual. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION An anthology of the best articles and essays by journalist and writer Joan Didion. "In the golden land, the future is always attractive, because no one remembers the past." Joan Didion is one of the most important chroniclers of the second half of the 20th century. Edited by Claudio L pez de Lamadrid, Those Who Dream the Golden Dream brings together for the first time in Spanish a selection of articles and essays from her books Crawling to Bethlehem, a modern classic about life in America in the 1960s, especially in California, the center of counterculture; The White Album, a mosaic of the 1960s and 1970s that includes vaguely autobiographical episodes; After Henry, in which Joan Didion warns us about the fantasies that the media constructs around victims of violent crimes; Salvador, which paints a portrait of the horrors committed in that country and their close relationship with US foreign policy, and Miami, in which she reflects on immigration and exile, as well as political passion, hypocrisy, and violence. Together, they form a critical and literary vision that is fundamental to understanding contemporary American society.

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ‘Utterly fascinating' NEW YORK TIMES 'A profound, rich document’ NEW STATESMAN 'An act of intimate storytelling' VOGUE A recently discovered journal from one of America's most iconic writers, Joan Didion, the author of The Year of Magical Thinking and Blue Nights. In November 1999, Joan Didion began seeing a psychiatrist because, as she wrote to a friend, her family had had 'a rough few years'. She described the sessions in a journal she created for her husband, John Gregory Dunne. For several months, Didion recorded conversations with the psychiatrist in meticulous detail. The initial sessions focused on the heartbreaking complexities of her relationship with her daughter, Quintana: adoption, depression, alcoholism, anxiety, guilt. The subjects evolved to include her work, which she was finding difficult to maintain for sustained periods. There were discussions about her own childhood – misunderstandings and lack of communication with her mother and father, her early tendency to anticipate catastrophe – and the question of legacy, or, as she put it, 'what it’s been worth'. The analysis would continue for more than a decade. Didion’s journal was crafted with the singular intelligence, precision, and elegance that characterize all of her writing. It is an unprecedently intimate account that reveals sides of her that were unknown, but the voice is unmistakably hers – questioning, courageous, and clear in the face of a wrenchingly painful journey. 'An incredibly intimate insight into her relationship with her daughter, depression, and creativity' GUARDIAN 'So moving. I am astonished at the level of recall … They are a record of trying to save a life, and understand her own' NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW 'Sheds intriguing light on the question of Quintana’s part in the family dynamic' OBSERVER 'The literary source for the three great works of Didion's old age' INDEPENDENT 'It’s always a pleasure to read Didion’s measured prose' STANDARD 'Written with the immediacy of fresh recollection … and with the cool, forensic clarity she was known for' NEW YORKER 'Compulsive … it shows Didion the reporter at work' TELEGRAPH 'An intimate chronicle … Notes to John offers readers a key to Didion's persona and her work' NPR 'Perhaps for the first time, we can hope to see Didion as she saw the world: unwavering and unflinching, straight down the line' AnOTHER 'An unexpected parting gift to biographers and civilian readers' AIRMAIL 'Fascinating … offers insight into her work' iPAPER 'A tour de force from one of the best' PEOPLE 'Notes to John' was a New York Times bestseller w/c 2025-04-28.

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El diario in dito de Joan Didion. Un libro extraordinario que completa un tr ptico compuesto tambi n por El a o del pensamiento m gico y Noches azules.«Escribo estrictamente para averiguar qu estoy pensando, qu estoy mirando, qu veo y qu significa .En noviembre de 1999, Joan Didion empez a visitar a un psiquiatra porque, como escribi a un amigo, su familia hab a estado pasando «unos a os dif ciles . Durante meses, registr sus encuentros con meticuloso detalle en un diario destinado a su marido, John Gregory Dunne.Las sesiones iniciales se centraron en el alcoholismo, la adopci n, la depresi n, la ansiedad, la culpa y las desgarradoras complejidades de la relaci n con su hija Quintana. Estos asuntos mutaron hasta abarcar su trabajo, que le resultaba dif cil mantener durante per odos prolongados. Hubo discusiones sobre su propia infancia --malentendidos y falta de comunicaci n con su madre y su padre, as como la temprana tendencia de la joven Joan a anticipar cat strofes-- y la cuesti n del legado, o, como ella lo expresaba, «lo que ha valido . El diario de Didion fue elaborado con la precisi n, la lucidez y la elegancia que caracterizan a la autora. Sin embargo, aqu aparece tambi n una Joan Didion que nunca hab amos visto: Apuntes para John es el registro extraordinariamente ntimo de un viaje doloroso y valiente en la vida de una de las m s grandes escritoras de nuestro tiempo. ENGLISH DESCRIPTIONINSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - An extraordinary work from the author of The Year of Magical Thinking and Blue NightsIn November 1999, Joan Didion began seeing a psychiatrist because, as she wrote to a friend, her family had had "a rough few years." She described the sessions in a journal she created for her husband, John Gregory Dunne. For several months, Didion recorded conversations with the psychiatrist in meticulous detail. The initial sessions focused on alcoholism, adoption, depression, anxiety, guilt, and the heartbreaking complexities of her relationship with her daughter, Quintana. The subjects evolved to include her work, which she was finding difficult to maintain for sustained periods. There were discussions about her own childhood--misunderstandings and lack of communication with her mother and father, her early tendency to anticipate catastrophe--and the question of legacy, or, as she put it, "what it's been worth." The analysis would continue for more than a decade. Didion's journal was crafted with the singular intelligence, precision, and elegance that characterize all of her writing. It is an unprecedently intimate account that reveals sides of her that were unknown, but the voice is unmistakably hers--questioning, courageous, and clear in the face of a wrenchingly painful journey.

This second hardcover omnibus edition of Didion's collected nonfiction contains her final four books: Blue Nights, South and West, Let Me Tell You What I Mean, and her bestselling and most famous work, The Year of Magical Thinking. In her essay "Why I Write" (included in this volume), Joan Didion explained what lies behind her iconic nonfiction writing: "I write entirely to find out what I'm thinking, what I'm looking at, what I see and what it means." Across her long and prolific career, readers have been blessed time and again by her brilliance as a prose stylist and a social commentator. From her unforgettable reckonings with grief (for her husband in The Year of Magical Thinking and for her daughter in Blue Nights), to her exploration of two iconic regions of America in South and West, through the indelible pieces of reporting collected from across her career in Let Me Tell You What I Mean, the books collected here show Didion at her best: bearing witness to our history, illuminating our culture, and shedding light on the human condition. Everyman's Library pursues the highest production standards, printing on acid-free cream-colored paper, with full-cloth cases with two-color foil stamping, decorative endpapers, silk ribbon markers, European-style half-round spines, and a full-color illustrated jacket. Contemporary Classics include an introduction, a select bibliography, and a chronology of the author's life and times.

This hardcover omnibus edition of Didion's collected nonfiction contains her final four books: Blue Nights, South and West, Let Me Tell You What I Mean, and her bestselling and most famous work, The Year of Magical Thinking In her essay “Why I Write” (included in this volume), Joan Didion explained what lies behind her iconic nonfiction writing: "I write entirely to find out what I’m thinking, what I’m looking at, what I see and what it means.” Across her long and prolific career, readers have been blessed time and again by her brilliance as a prose stylist and a social commentator. Form her unforgettable reckonings with grief (for her husband in The Year of Magical Thinking and for her daughter in Blue Nights), to her exploration of two iconic regions of America in South and West, through the indelible pieces of reporting collected from across her career in Let Me Tell You What I Mean, the books collected here show Didion at her best: bearing witness to our history, illuminating our culture, and shedding light on the human condition.

Et ekstraordinært værk af forfatteren til Et år med magisk tænkning og Blå timer. I november 1999 begyndte Joan Didion at se en psykiater, fordi hendes familie havde haft "et par hårde år." Hun beskrev sessionerne i en logbog, som hun stilede til sin mand, John Gregory Dunne. I flere måneder nedfældede Didion samtalerne med psykiateren. De første sessioner fokuserede på alkoholisme, adoption, depression, angst, skyld og de hjerteskærende udfordringer i relationen til hendes datter, Quintana. Emnerne udviklede sig til også at omfatte hendes skrivning, som hun havde svært ved at koncentrere sig om igennem længere perioder. Der var samtaler om hendes egen barndom — misforståelser og manglende kommunikation med hendes mor og far, hendes tidlige tendens til katastrofetænkning — og spørgsmålet om eftermæle, eller som hun sagde, "hvad det har været værd." Didions logbog er skrevet med den enestående intelligens, præcision og elegance, der kendetegner alle hendes værker. Det er en uforligneligt intim beretning, der afslører hidtil ukendte sider af hende, men stemmen er ubestrideligt hendes — spørgende, modig og klar i beskrivelsen af en hjerteskærende smertefuld rejse.

Anteckningarna som låg på Didions skrivbord efter hennes död beskriver regelbundna möten med en psykiatriker och är riktade till hennes make, John Gregory Dunne.Anteckningar till John inleds i december 1999, strax efter att Didion började träffa en psykolog. Under flera månader dokumenterade hon sessionerna i detalj. De första samtalen kretsade kring alkoholism, adoption, depression, ångest, skuld och de hjärtskärande svårigheterna i relationen med hennes dotter, Quintana. Ämnena utvecklades senare till att inkludera hennes arbete, som hon hade svårt att upprätthålla under längre perioder.Det förekom även samtal om hennes egen barndom, hennes vana att alltid räkna med det värsta – och om skrivandet: "vad det har varit värt."Dessa samtal var centrala för Didions förståelse av de teman hon senare återkom till i sina sena verk: Kalifornien: min historia, Ett år av magiskt tänkande och Blå skymning.Boken utkommer över hela världen den 22 april.

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER'Utterly fascinating' NEW YORK TIMES'A profound, rich document'NEW STATESMAN'An act of intimate storytelling'VOGUEA recently discovered journal from one of America's most iconic writers, Joan Didion, the author of The Year of Magical Thinking and Blue Nights

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ‘Utterly fascinating' NEW YORK TIMES 'A profound, rich document’ NEW STATESMAN 'An act of intimate storytelling' VOGUE A recently discovered journal from one of America's most iconic writers, Joan Didion, the author of The Year of Magical Thinking and Blue Nights In November 1999, Joan Didion began seeing a psychiatrist because, as she wrote to a friend, her family had had 'a rough few years'. She described the sessions in a journal she created for her husband, John Gregory Dunne. For several months, Didion recorded conversations with the psychiatrist in meticulous detail. The initial sessions focused on alcoholism, adoption, depression, anxiety, guilt, and the heartbreaking complexities of her relationship with her daughter, Quintana. The subjects evolved to include her work, which she was finding difficult to maintain for sustained periods. There were discussions about her own childhood – misunderstandings and lack of communication with her mother and father, her early tendency to anticipate catastrophe – and the question of legacy, or, as she put it, 'what it’s been worth'. The analysis would continue for more than a decade. Didion’s journal was crafted with the singular intelligence, precision, and elegance that characterize all of her writing. It is an unprecedently intimate account that reveals sides of her that were unknown, but the voice is unmistakably hers – questioning, courageous, and clear in the face of a wrenchingly painful journey. 'An incredibly intimate insight into her relationship with her daughter, depression, and creativity' GUARDIAN 'So moving. I am astonished at the level of recall … They are a record of trying to save a life, and understand her own' NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW 'Sheds intriguing light on the question of Quintana’s part in the family dynamic' OBSERVER 'The literary source for the three great works of Didion's old age' INDEPENDENT 'It’s always a pleasure to read Didion’s measured prose' STANDARD 'Written with the immediacy of fresh recollection … and with the cool, forensic clarity she was known for' NEW YORKER 'Compulsive … it shows Didion the reporter at work' TELEGRAPH 'An intimate chronicle … Notes to John offers readers a key to Didion's persona and her work' NPR 'Perhaps for the first time, we can hope to see Didion as she saw the world: unwavering and unflinching, straight down the line' AnOTHER 'An unexpected parting gift to biographers and civilian readers' AIRMAIL 'Fascinating … offers insight into her work' iPAPER 'A tour de force from one of the best' PEOPLE 'Notes to John' was a New York Times bestseller w/c 2025-04-28.

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - An extraordinary work from the author of The Year of Magical Thinking and Blue NightsIn November 1999, Joan Didion began seeing a psychiatrist because, as she wrote to a friend, her family had had "a rough few years." She described the sessions in a journal she created for her husband, John Gregory Dunne. For several months, Didion recorded conversations with the psychiatrist in meticulous detail. The initial sessions focused on alcoholism, adoption, depression, anxiety, guilt, and the heartbreaking complexities of her relationship with her daughter, Quintana. The subjects evolved to include her work, which she was finding difficult to maintain for sustained periods. There were discussions about her own childhood--misunderstandings and lack of communication with her mother and father, her early tendency to anticipate catastrophe--and the question of legacy, or, as she put it, "what it's been worth." The analysis would continue for more than a decade. Didion's journal was crafted with the singular intelligence, precision, and elegance that characterize all of her writing. It is an unprecedently intimate account that reveals sides of her that were unknown, but the voice is unmistakably hers--questioning, courageous, and clear in the face of a wrenchingly painful journey.

The ultimate Didion: all 17 of her major works of fiction, journalism, and memoir together for the first time in a 3-volume boxed set "Essential." --Esquire In 1968, a collection of reportage appeared that was unlike anything seen before, remarkable in its literary aspiration and a milestone in what would become known as the New Journalism. A series of wickedly incisive portraits of California and its people--from fading stars to homicidal housewives to drug-addled hippies--Slouching Towards Bethlehem was a sensation, signaling the arrival of a major writer. It attracted not only readers but devotees, and Joan Didion became more than just a celebrated author, she became an icon for the age. Now, for the first time, all her best-known and most enduring works are gathered together in a career-spanning 3-volume Library of America boxed set. THE JOAN DIDION COLLECTION includes: I. The 1960s & 70sRun RiverSlouching Towards BethlehemPlay It As It LaysA Book of Common PrayerThe White Album II. The 1980s & 90sSalvadorDemocracyMiamiAfter HenryThe Last Thing He Wanted III. Memoirs & Later WritingsPolitical FictionsFixed IdeasWhere I Was FromThe Year of Magical Thinking (memoir and play)Blue NightsSouth and West Edited by David L. Ulin, each volume contains a textual essay, a chronology of Didion's life and career, and detailed notes.