wat en wie?

In Slouching Towards Bethlehem (1968) beschrijft Joan Didion hoe Amerika in de jaren zestig uit elkaar valt, en legt ze met scherpe essays de onrust en verwarring van die tijd bloot. Het boek werd uitgegeven via FSG Classics.

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waarom?

“This book is neither directly architectural nor strictly feminist. In this collection of essays, Joan Didion offers an intimate and detailed observation of the places she writes about (mostly the cities she lived in California, and sometimes New York). Her physical descriptions are blended with memory, reminding us once again that our perception of space is never neutral. Her writing feels so honest and personal that it almost convinces me that I have experienced being a woman in those cities I have never been to.”