The Year of Magical Thinking - (Vintage International) by Joan Didion (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p><b>In this dramatic adaptation of her award-winning, bestselling memoir, Joan Didion transforms the story of the sudden and unexpected loss of her husband and their only daughter into a stunning and powerful one-woman play.</b></p><p>"This happened on December 30, 2003. That may seem a while ago but it won't when it happens to you . . ." <p/>Michiko Kakutani in <i>The New York Times </i>called the memoir that was the basis for the play, "an indelible portrait of loss and grief . . . a haunting portrait of a four-decade-long marriage.</p><p>The first theatrical production of <i>The Year of Magical Thinking</i> opened at the Booth Theatre on March 29, 2007, starring Vanessa Redgrave and directed by David Hare.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>"Her book is thrilling . . . a living, sharp, memorable book . . . An exact, candid, and penetrating account of personal terror and bereavement . . . sometimes quite funny because it dares to tell the truth."<br>-Robert Pinsky, <i>The New York Times Book Review </i>(cover) <p/>"An act of consummate literary bravery, a writer known for her clarity allowing us to watch her mind as it becomes clouded with grief . . . It also skips backward in time [to] call up a shimmering portrait of her unique marriage . . . To make her grief real, Didion shows us what she has lost."<br>-Lev Grossman, <i>Time </i> <p/>"I can't think of a book we need more than hers . . . I can't imagine dying without this book."<br>-John Leonard, <i>New York Review of Books <p/></i>"Achingly beautiful . . . We have come to admire and love Didion for her preternatural poise, unrivaled eye for absurdity, and Orwellian distaste for cant. It is thus a difficult, moving, and extraordinarily poignant experience to watch her direct such scrutiny inward."<br>-Gideon Lewis-Kraus, <i>Los Angeles Times <p/></i>"Stunning candor and piercing details . . . An indelible portrait of loss and grief . . . [A] haunting portrait of a four-decade-long marriage."<br>-Michiko Kakutani, <i>The New York Times</i><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><p>JOAN DIDION is the author of five novels, ten books of nonfiction, and a play. Her book <i>The Year of Magical Thinking</i> won the National Book Award in 2005. She lives in New York. <p/></p>
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