- American National characteristics, History, In literature, Social conditions
The essayist explores American ideals of independence and self-reliance by probing her own life and those of her relatives, discussing how the character of California's settlers created the state as it exists today.
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Contemplative, character-led, grave and prestige.
- contemplativerelentless
- character-ledplot-driven
- gravecomic
- unpretentiousprestige
- classical in formformally daring
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- Author
- Joan Didion
- First published
- 2003
- Pages
- 226
- Publisher
- Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial, Knopf, Random House Publishing Group
- Editions
- 8
- Language
- Spanish, English
- ISBN
- 9780007178872
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Joan Didion is an American author best known for her novels and her literary journalism. Her novels and essays explore the disintegration of American morals and cultural chaos, where the overriding theme is individual and social fragmentation. - Wikipedia
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