The Joan Didion Collection

The ultimate Didion: all 17 of her major works of fiction, journalism, and memoir together for the first time in a 3-volume boxed setA must for fans of the most eclectic and enduring writers of the last half centuryIn 1968, a collection of reportage appeared that was unlike anything seen before, remarkable in its literary aspiration and a milestone in what would become known as the New Journalism. A series of wickedly incisive portraits of California and its people—from fading stars to homicidal housewives to drug-addled hippies—Slouching Towards Bethlehem was a sensation, signaling the arrival of a major writer. It attracted not only readers but devotees, and Joan Didion became more than just a celebrated author, she became an icon for the age. Now, for the first time, all her best-known and most enduring works are gathered together in a career-spanning 3-volume Library of America boxed set.THE JOAN DIDION COLLECTION includes:I. The 1960s & 70sRun RiverSlouching Towards BethlehemPlay It As It LaysA Book of Common PrayerThe White AlbumII. The 1980s & 90sSalvadorDemocracyMiamiAfter HenryThe Last Thing He WantedIII. Memoirs & Later WritingsPolitical FictionsFixed IdeasWhere I Was FromThe Year of Magical Thinking (memoir and play)Blue NightsSouth and WestEdited by David L. Ulin, each volume contains a textual essay, a chronology of Didion’s life and career, and detailed notes.