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Play It As It Lays

Joan Didion • Farrar, Straus and Giroux • ISBN Not provided

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Play It As It Lays

Joan Didion • Farrar, Straus and Giroux • ISBN-13 9780374529949

ISBN-10 Not provided • 2005 • Reprint Edition

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ISBN Not provided • Completeness 62

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Joan Didion's 'Play It As It Lays' is a seminal work of American fiction that explores themes of existential despair and the disintegration of personal identity in the context of 1960s Hollywood. The novel follows Maria Wyeth, a disillusioned actress navigating a world of superficiality and moral ambiguity.

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Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
PaperbackReprint Edition2005-11-15
Pages: 240Language: EnglishPaper finish: Matte

Catalog notes

Contributor: Joan Didion

Cultural context

Category: 1960s CultureCategory: American LiteratureCategory: DespairCategory: Existential FictionCategory: Feminist LiteratureCategory: HollywoodCategory: IdentityCategory: LiteratureInfluenced by: Ernest HemingwayInfluenced by: F. Scott FitzgeraldInfluenced by: Norman MailerInfluenced: Contemporary American NovelistsInfluenced: Female Writers of the 21st CenturyCornerstone of: American Literary Fiction

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