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Play It As It Lays

by Joan Didion
Play It As It Lays - Thryft
Play It As It Lays - Thryft

Stark dissection of American life's hollowness.

If you're intrigued by the complexities and emotional turbulence of the human experience, "Play It As It Lays" might just resonate with you. Joan Didion presents a masterful and piercing portrayal of a woman's disconnection from the world around her. As Maria Wyeth navigates the desolate terrain of Hollywood life, Didion brilliantly maps the existential desert of the American dream, which could subtly echo your own reflections on life's sometimes hollow nature.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

Play It As It Lays

by Joan Didion
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ISBN: 9780374521714
Authors: Joan Didion
Publisher: Noonday
Date of Publication: 1990-10-01
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Literary Fiction, Contemporary
Related Topics: Feminism, Literature, Classics
Goodreads rating: 3.91
(rated by 62832 readers)

Description

A dissection of American life in the late 1960s, Play It As It Lays captures the mood of an entire generation. Joan Didion chose Hollywood to serve as her microcosm of contemporary society and exposed a culture characterized by emptiness and ennui.Maria Wyeth is an emotional drifter who has become almost anesthetized against pain and pleasure. She finds herself, in her early thirties, radically divorced from husband, lovers, friends, her own past and her own future. Actress, daughter, wife, mother, she has played each role to the sound of one hand clapping.Play It As It Lays is set in a place beyond good and evil, literally in Los Angeles and Las Vegas and the barren wastes of the Mojave, but figuratively in the landscape of an arid soul. Two decades after its original publication, it remains a profoundly disturbing novel.
 

Stark dissection of American life's hollowness.

If you're intrigued by the complexities and emotional turbulence of the human experience, "Play It As It Lays" might just resonate with you. Joan Didion presents a masterful and piercing portrayal of a woman's disconnection from the world around her. As Maria Wyeth navigates the desolate terrain of Hollywood life, Didion brilliantly maps the existential desert of the American dream, which could subtly echo your own reflections on life's sometimes hollow nature.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.