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Where I Was From is a 2003 book by Joan Didion. It concerns the history and culture of California, where Didion was born and spent much of her life. The book combines aspects of historical writing, journalism, and memoir to present a history of California as well as Didion's own experiences in that state.
- Joan Didion
- 2003
Sep 1, 2003 · Combining history and reportage, memoir and literary criticism, Where I Was From explores California’s romances with land and water; its unacknowledged debts to railroads, aerospace, and big government; the disjunction between its code of individualism and its fetish for prisons.
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Combining history and reportage, memoir and literary criticism, Where I Was From explores California’s romances with land and water; its unacknowledged debts to railroads, aerospace, and big government; the disjunction between its code of individualism and its fetish for prisons.
Where I Was From Hardcover – Sept. 23 2003. by Joan Didion (Author) 4.5 524 ratings. See all formats and editions. Book Description. Editorial Reviews. In this moving and unexpected book, Joan Didion reassesses parts of her life, her work, her history, and ours.
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Sep 28, 2003 · Valediction and elegy alike, “Where I Was From” is a storm-tossed book. Its history is dense, its associations nonlinear, its prose sharp, direct and chiseled, and its focus -- “historical...
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Combining history and reportage, memoir and literary criticism, Where I Was From explores California’s romances with land and water; its unacknowledged debts to railroads, aerospace, and big government; the disjunction between its code of individualism and its fetish for prisons.
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