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Lo que quiero decir / Let Me Tell You What I Mean

Lo que quiero decir / Let Me Tell You What I Mean

by Joan Didion
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Publication Date: 22/02/2022

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Una coleccion atemporal de algunos de los primeros articulos y cronicas de la iconica escritora y periodista norteamericana.

"Una excelente introduccion a la aguda mirada de Didion sobre la vida estadounidense."
Bethanne Patrick, The Washington Post

"Escribo estrictamente para averiguar que estoy pensando, que estoy mirando, que veo y que significa."

Lo que quiero decir recopila doce articulos y cronicas ineditas en espanol de Didion bajo el eje vertebrador de lo que el Nuevo Periodismo llamo "el narrador testigo". Redactados en la primera parte de su carrera como periodista, estos concisos e incisivos textos muestran los intereses primarios que la convirtieron en escritora y abarcan un amplio espectro de sus temas habituales, desde el acto de escribir a la cronica social o politica. Por sus paginas desfilan personajes como Orwell, Hemingway, Mapplethorpe, Nancy Reagan, anonimos de Ludopatas Anonimos o el propio director de admisiones de la Universidad de Standford, donde fue rechazada.

Didion es uno de los iconos culturales de Estados Unidos y una de las figuras clave del periodismo de las ultimas cinco decadas, y en sus cronicas, como apunta el prologo de Elvira Navarro, "refleja, como pocos autores, un mundo, el estadounidense, que, para bien y para mal, ha extendido sus tentaculos por todo el orbe, hasta el punto de que hoy resulta imposible comprender la cultura y los acontecimientos politicos y economicos mas recientes de los paises occidentales (Espana entre ellos) sin mirar a Estados Unidos. Leerla es tambien, por consiguiente, adentrarnos en lo que nos ha sucedido a todos en las ultimas decadas".

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NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER * From one of our most iconic and influential writers, the award-winning author of The Year of Magical Thinking: a timeless collection of mostly early pieces that reveal what would become Joan Didion's subjects, including the press, politics, California robber barons, women, and her own self-doubt.

These twelve pieces from 1968 to 2000, never before gathered together, offer an illuminating glimpse into the mind and process of a legendary figure. They showcase Joan Didion's incisive reporting, her empathetic gaze, and her role as "an articulate witness to the most stubborn and intractable truths of our time" (The New York Times Book Review).

Here, Didion touches on topics ranging from newspapers ("the problem is not so much whether one trusts the news as to whether one finds it"), to the fantasy of San Simeon, to not getting into Stanford. In "Why I Write," Didion ponders the act of writing: "I write entirely to find out what I'm thinking, what I'm looking at, what I see and what it means." From her admiration for Hemingway's sentences to her acknowledgment that Martha Stewart's story is one "that has historically encouraged women in this country, even as it has threatened men," these essays are acutely and brilliantly observed. Each piece is classic Didion: incisive, bemused, and stunningly prescient.
ISBN:
9788439739395
9788439739395
Category:
Literary essays
Format:
Paperback
Publication Date:
22-02-2022
Language:
Spanish
Publisher:
Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial
Country of origin:
Spain
Pages:
128
Dimensions (mm):
230x137x12mm
Weight:
0.21kg
Joan Didion

Joan Didion is a novelist, essayist and screenwriter.

Her books include Slouching Towards Bethlehem, The White Album, Miami, and the recent memoir The Year of Magical Thinking. She lives in New York.

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