Where I Was From
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| Where I Was From | |
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 1st edition |
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| Author(s) | Joan Didion |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Essays |
| Publisher | Knopf |
| Publication date | Sep 2003 |
| Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
| Pages | 240 |
| ISBN | 0-679-43332-5 |
| OCLC Number | 57191802 |
Where I Was From is a 2003 book of essays by Joan Didion. It considers aspects of the history of California, as well as her own and her family's history in that state.
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[edit] Didion on Where I Was From
Didion writes, "This book represents an exploration into my own confusions about the place and the way in which I grew up [...] misapprehensions and misunderstandings so much a part of who I became that I can still to this day confront them only obliquely."
[edit] Reception
In The New York Times Book Review, novelist and critic Thomas Mallon wrote, "The more penetrating and idiosyncratic moments of 'Where I Was From' are the work of someone who can still be very much herself, someone who is even now, arguably, a great American writer."[1]
[edit] References
- ^ Thomas Mallon, "On Second Thought " The New York Times, September 28, 2003.
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