





White Album: Amazing Outdoor Adventures for Daring Dads and Fearless Kids : Didion, Joan: desertcart.in: Books Review: My kind of intellectual - Ms Didion is a fine mind with a felicitous command over English. A delight to read. The white album is her defining piece! Review: 4 stars - I expected something more When I came to know this book was the New York time best seller but a bit disappointed.Some of the essays are most gripping but not all.
| Best Sellers Rank | #154,929 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #512 in History of Civilization & Culture #1,002 in Essays (Books) #5,871 in Biographies & Autobiographies (Books) |
| Customer Reviews | 4.4 4.4 out of 5 stars (3,207) |
| Dimensions | 19.8 x 1.4 x 12.9 cm |
| Generic Name | Book |
| ISBN-10 | 0008284687 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0008284688 |
| Importer | HarperCollins Publishers India |
| Item Weight | 1 kg 50 g |
| Language | English |
| Packer | HarperCollins Publishers India |
| Print length | 224 pages |
| Publication date | 16 November 2017 |
| Publisher | Fourth Estate Ltd |
R**I
My kind of intellectual
Ms Didion is a fine mind with a felicitous command over English. A delight to read. The white album is her defining piece!
T**A
4 stars
I expected something more When I came to know this book was the New York time best seller but a bit disappointed.Some of the essays are most gripping but not all.
R**A
No Context
Joan Didion is - was - a fine writer, who wrote essays and books with felicity. I liked some of the essays in the book, particularly "The White Album". The essay on aspects of California, like the one about the governor's house, is excellent, as is the essay on lying in bed. The rest made no sense to me, because I did not understand the context. The problem with essays of this kind, is that they are bound to the cultural or political context in which they are written. If you don't understand the context, then the essays are meaningless, and the writing seems circular and tortuous.
M**M
I've never had a book like this, pages were literally falling out as I was reading. The cover also got creased very quickly.
M**Z
I love short essays and this book may be one of a kind. Immersing myself in how life looked back in the 70s, 80s, a truly delightful reading
A**I
Excellent author a fabulous book
L**O
Tempi troppo lunghi di consegna. Addetti ai lavori comunque presenti.
M**Z
Thé White Album de Joan Didion. il n’est pas facile à lire pour une personne de langue française! Donc il faut prendre son temps et parfois s’y reprendre à 2 fois pour le comprendre. Mais Joan Didion est une personne particulière, qui a une grande acuité d’observation et un style précis accompagné d’une grande sensibilité pudique . Ce récit d’une Amérique des années 60 est très vivant et étonnant. J’adore cet écrivain !
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