| The Year of Magical Thinking: A Play by Joan Didion Based on Her Memoir Contributor(s): Didion, Joan (Author) |
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ISBN: 0307386414 ISBN-13: 9780307386410 Publisher: Vintage OUR PRICE: $12.56 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2007 Annotation: " this happened on December 30, 2003. That may seem a while ago but it won't when it happens to you . . ." In this dramatic adaptation of her award-winning, bestselling memoir (which Michiko Kakutani in "The New York Times "called " an indelible portrait of loss and grief . . . a haunting portrait of a four-decade-long marriage), Joan Didion transforms the story of the sudden and unexpected loss of her husband and their only daughter into a stunning and powerful one-woman play. The first theatrical production of "The Year of Magical Thinking" opened at the Booth Theatre on March 29, 2007, starring Vanessa Redgrave and directed by David Hare. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Drama | American - General - Drama | Women Authors |
| Dewey: 812.54 |
| LCCN: 2007298213 |
| Series: Vintage International |
| Physical Information: 0.4" H x 5.2" W x 8.1" (0.20 lbs) 80 pages |
| Themes: - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In this dramatic adaptation of her award-winning, bestselling memoir, Joan Didion transforms the story of the sudden and unexpected loss of her husband and their only daughter into a stunning and powerful one-woman play. "This happened on December 30, 2003. That may seem a while ago but it won't when it happens to you . . ." Michiko Kakutani in The New York Times called the memoir that was the basis for the play, "an indelible portrait of loss and grief . . . a haunting portrait of a four-decade-long marriage.The first theatrical production of The Year of Magical Thinking opened at the Booth Theatre on March 29, 2007, starring Vanessa Redgrave and directed by David Hare. |