{"product_id":"play-it-as-it-lays-9780374529949","title":"Play It as It Lays","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA ruthless dissection of American life in the late 1960s, Joan Didion's \u003ci\u003ePlay It as It Lays\u003c\/i\u003e captures the mood of an entire generation, the ennui of contemporary society reflected in spare prose that blisters and haunts the reader. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSet 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch4\u003eDetails\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003eISBN13: 9780374529949\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNumber of Pages: 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEdition: 2nd Second Edition, Revised ed.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublication Date: \u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublisher: Farrar, Straus \u0026amp; Giroux Inc\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublication City, Country: New York, United States\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDimensions (cm): 20.8(H)x14(L)x1.5(W)204\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWeight (gm): 204\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJoan Didion\u003c\/b\u003e (1934-2021) was the National Book Award-winning author of many works of fiction and nonfiction. After earning a Bachelor's degree in English at the University of California, Berkeley, she started her literary career writing articles and essays for \u003ci\u003eVogue\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMademoiselle\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLife\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Saturday Evening Post\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eNational Review\u003c\/i\u003e, establishing herself as a prominent member of the New Journalism movement. Her books include \u003ci\u003eThe White Album\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePlay It As It Lays\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eSlouching Towards Bethlehem\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShortlisted for the Pulitzer Prize, Didion's revelatory memoir \u003ci\u003eThe Year of Magical Thinking\u003c\/i\u003e was adapted as a one-woman stage show starring Vanessa Redgrave on Broadway. She also wrote several screenplays with her husband John Gregory Dunne, including \u003ci\u003ePanic in Needle Park\u003c\/i\u003e with Al Pacino, the second remake of \u003ci\u003eA Star is Born\u003c\/i\u003e with Barbra Streisand and Kris Kristofferson, and an adaptation of her own \u003ci\u003ePlay It As It Lays\u003c\/i\u003e with Tuesday Weld and Anthony Perkins.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch4\u003eReviews\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"There hasn't been another American writer of Joan Didion's quality since Nathanel West . . . A terrifying book.\" --\u003ci\u003eJohn Leonard, The New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Simple, restrained, intelligent, well-structured, witty, irresistibly relentless, forthright in diction, and untainted by the sensational, \u003ci\u003ePlay It As It Lays\u003c\/i\u003e is a book of outstanding literary quality.\" --\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"[A] scathing novel, distilling venom in tiny drops, revealing devastation in a sneer and fear in a handful of atomic dust.\" --\u003ci\u003eJ. R. Frakes, Book World\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Joan Didion","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48717334675673,"sku":"9780374529949","price":28.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0502\/9530\/8441\/files\/81U-NNINSEL._SL1500.jpg?v=1779023556","url":"https:\/\/www.arielbooks.com.au\/products\/play-it-as-it-lays-9780374529949","provider":"Ariel","version":"1.0","type":"link"}