The Year of Magical Thinking - Softcover
Zu dieser ISBN ist aktuell kein Angebot verfügbar.
Alle Exemplare der Ausgabe mit dieser ISBN anzeigen:
From one of America's iconic writers, a portrait of a marriage and a life - in good times and bad - that will speak to anyone who has ever loved a husband or wife or child. A stunning book of electric honesty and passion.Several days before Christmas 2003, John Gregory Dunne and Joan Didion saw their only daughter, Quintana, fall ill. At first they thought it was flu, then pneumonia, then complete sceptic shock., She was put into an induced coma and placed on life support. Days later - the night before New Year's Eve -the Dunnes were just sitting down to dinner after visiting the hospital when John suffered a massive and fatal coronary. In a second, this close, symbiotic partnership of 40 years was over., Four weeks later, their daughter pulled through. Two months after that, arriving at LA airport, she collapsed and underwent six hours of brain surgery at UCLA Medical Centre to relieve a massive hematoma.This powerful book is Didion's `attempt to make sense of the weeks and then months that cut loose any fixed idea I ever had about death, about illness ... about marriage and children and memory ..., about the shallowness of sanity, about life itself'. The result is an exploration of an intensely personal yet universal experience: a portrait of a marriage, and a life, in good times and bad.
Die Inhaltsangabe kann sich auf eine andere Ausgabe dieses Titels beziehen.
Críticas:
Biografía del autor:
‘It is the most awesome performance of both participating in, and watching, an event. Even though Didion does not allow herself to break down, only a terribly controlled reader will resist doing the same.’ John Freeman, Independent
‘Ultimately, and unexpectedly for a book about illness and death, this is a wonderfully life affirming book.’ Lisa O’Kelly, Observer
‘Searing, informative and affecting. Don’t leave life without it.’ Financial Times
‘This is a beautiful and devastating book by one of the finest writers we have. Didion has always been a precise, humane and meticulously truthful writer, but on the subject of death she becomes essential.’ Zadie Smith
‘Taking the reader to places where they would not otherwise go is one of the things a really good book can do. “The Year of Magical Thinking” does just that, and brilliantly. Powerful, moving and true.’ Cressida Connolly, Spectator
‘A great book, a great work. Angular, exact, pressured and tough, precise as a diamond drill bit.’ Nick Laird
Joan Didion was born in California and lives in New York. She is the author of five novels and seven previous books of nonfiction: among them the great portraits of a decade in essays, ‘Sentimental Journeys’, ‘The White Album’, and ‘Slouching Towards Bethlehem’.
„Über diesen Titel“ kann sich auf eine andere Ausgabe dieses Titels beziehen.
- VerlagFourth Estate
- Erscheinungsdatum2006
- ISBN 10 0007216858
- ISBN 13 9780007216857
- EinbandTapa blanda
- Auflage1
- Anzahl der Seiten240
- Bewertung
Neu kaufen
Mehr zu diesem Angebot erfahren
EUR 13,37
Versand:
EUR 5,32
Von Vereinigtes Königreich nach USA
Weitere beliebte Ausgaben desselben Titels
Beste Suchergebnisse beim ZVAB
Beispielbild für diese ISBN
The Year of Magical Thinking
Verlag:
HarperCollins Publishers 2006-09-04, London
(2006)
ISBN 10: 0007216858
ISBN 13: 9780007216857
Neu
paperback
Anzahl: > 20
Anbieter:
Bewertung
Buchbeschreibung paperback. Zustand: New. Language: ENG. Artikel-Nr. 9780007216857
Weitere Informationen zu diesem Verkäufer | Verkäufer kontaktieren
Neu kaufen
EUR 13,37
Währung umrechnen
Beispielbild für diese ISBN
The Year of Magical Thinking
Verlag:
Harper Perennial
(2006)
ISBN 10: 0007216858
ISBN 13: 9780007216857
Neu
Paperback
Anzahl: > 20
Anbieter:
Bewertung
Buchbeschreibung Paperback. Zustand: New. BRAND NEW ** SUPER FAST SHIPPING FROM UK WAREHOUSE ** 30 DAY MONEY BACK GUARANTEE. Artikel-Nr. 9780007216857-GDR
Weitere Informationen zu diesem Verkäufer | Verkäufer kontaktieren
Neu kaufen
EUR 11,77
Währung umrechnen
Foto des Verkäufers
The Year of Magical Thinking.: Winner of the National Book Award 2005
Verlag:
Harper Collins Publ. UK
(2006)
ISBN 10: 0007216858
ISBN 13: 9780007216857
Neu
paperback
Anzahl: 1
Anbieter:
Bewertung
Buchbeschreibung paperback. Zustand: Neu. Neu Neuware, auf Lager - From one of America's iconic writers, a portrait of a marriage and a life - in good times and bad - that will speak to anyone who has ever loved a husband or wife or child. A stunning book of electric honesty and passion. Several days before Christmas 2003, John Gregory Dunne and Joan Didion saw their only daughter, Quintana, fall ill. At first they thought it was flu, then pneumonia, then complete sceptic shock. She was put into an induced coma and placed on life support. Days later - the night before New Year's Eve -the Dunnes were just sitting down to dinner after visiting the hospital when John suffered a massive and fatal coronary. In a second, this close, symbiotic partnership of 40 years was over. Four weeks later, their daughter pulled through. Two months after that, arriving at LA airport, she collapsed and underwent six hours of brain surgery at UCLA Medical Centre to relieve a massive hematoma. This powerful book is Didion's 'attempt to make sense of the weeks and then months that cut loose any fixed idea I ever had about death, about illness . about marriage and children and memory . about the shallowness of sanity, about life itself'. The result is an exploration of an intensely personal yet universal experience: a portrait of a marriage, and a life, in good times and bad. Artikel-Nr. INF1000697089
Weitere Informationen zu diesem Verkäufer | Verkäufer kontaktieren
Neu kaufen
EUR 16,90
Währung umrechnen