{"product_id":"i-write-to-find-out-what-i-am-thinking-by-joan-didion","title":"I Write to Find Out What I Am Thinking - By Joan Didion","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eI Write to Find Out What I Am Thinking:\u003cbr\u003eCollected Nonfiction\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBy Joan Didion\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction by:  Griffin Dunne\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublisher: Knopf | Everyman's Library \u003cspan\u003e(2025) \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eISBN-13: \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e9780593992210\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePages: 472\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGenre(s): Writing, \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eCreativity \u0026amp; Inspiration, Artists \u0026amp; Writers, Biography \u0026amp; Memoir, Society \u0026amp; Culture\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"mb-4\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Book\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"mb-4\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"mb-4\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis second hardcover omnibus edition of Didion's collected nonfiction contains her final four books:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eBlue Nights, South and West\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eLet Me Tell You What I Mean,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eand her bestselling and most famous work,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Year of Magical Thinking.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eIn 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom her unforgettable reckonings with grief (for her husband in\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Year of Magical Thinking\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand for her daughter in\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eBlue Nights\u003c\/i\u003e), to her exploration of two iconic regions of America in\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eSouth and West\u003c\/i\u003e, through the indelible pieces of reporting collected from across her career in\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eLet Me Tell You What I Mean\u003c\/i\u003e, the books collected here show Didion at her best: bearing witness to our history, illuminating our culture, and shedding light on the human condition.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEveryman'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.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"VERGE Lifestyle Publications Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47676893724821,"sku":null,"price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1226\/6958\/files\/IWritetoFindOutWhatIAmThinking-ByJoanDidion_HardcoverBook.png?v=1785963778","url":"https:\/\/www.vergeonlinemag.com\/products\/i-write-to-find-out-what-i-am-thinking-by-joan-didion","provider":"VERGE Lifestyle \u0026 Urban Culture Magazine","version":"1.0","type":"link"}