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Play It As It Lays: A Novel - 0374521719, paperback, Joan Didion

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Condition
Acceptable: A book with obvious wear. May have some damage to the cover but integrity still intact. ...
Artist
Didion, Joan
ISBN
9780374521714
Book Title
Play It As It Lays
Publisher
Farrar, Straus & Giroux
Item Length
8.1 in
Publication Year
1990
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Item Height
1.1 in
Author
Joan Didion
Genre
Fiction
Topic
General
Item Weight
8 Oz
Item Width
5.1 in
Number of Pages
214 Pages

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Publisher
Farrar, Straus & Giroux
ISBN-10
0374521719
ISBN-13
9780374521714
eBay Product ID (ePID)
132342

Product Key Features

Book Title
Play It As It Lays
Number of Pages
214 Pages
Language
English
Topic
General
Publication Year
1990
Genre
Fiction
Author
Joan Didion
Format
Trade Paperback

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Item Height
1.1 in
Item Weight
8 Oz
Item Length
8.1 in
Item Width
5.1 in

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Reviews
"There hasn't been another American writer of Joan Didion's quality since Nathanel West . . . A terrifying book."--John Leonard, The New York Times "Simple, restrained, intelligent, well-structured, witty, irresistibly relentless, forthright in diction, and untainted by the sensational, Play It As It Lays is a book of outstanding literary quality."--Library Journal "[A] scathing novel, distilling venom in tiny drops, revealing devastation in a sneer and fear in a handful of atomic dust."--J. R. Frakes, Book World
Dewey Edition
22
Dewey Decimal
814/.54
Synopsis
A ruthless dissection of American life in the late 1960s, Play It as It Lays captures the mood of an entire generation, the ennui of contemporary society reflected in spare prose that blisters and haunts the reader. Set in a place beyond good and evil-literally in Hollywood, Las Vegas, and the barren wastes of the Mojave Desert, but figuratively in the landscape of an arid soul-it remains more than three decades after its original publication a profoundly disturbing novel, riveting in its exploration of a woman and a society in crisis and stunning in the still-startling intensity of its prose.

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  • Excellent book by the amazing Joan Didion, RIP.

    Seller was a joy to work with. Even wrapped book in lovely pink tissue paper. Was gift to dear friend. Didion's Play It As It Lays is a classic that I've read at least 6 times. Made great impact on me as a young writer in New York City. Exceptionally pleased!

    Verified purchase: YesCondition: NewSold by: *didi

  • Posted as “good” but barely acceptable with underlining all over the place.

    Posted as “good” but barely acceptable with underlining all over the place.

    Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-OwnedSold by: seattlegoodwillbooks

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