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Author:
Didion, Joan, author.
Title:
Lo que quiero decir / Joan Didion ; traducción de Javier Calvo ; prólogo de Elvira Navarro.
Edition:
Primera edición: octubre de 2019.
Publisher:
Literatura Random House,
Copyright Date:
2021
Description:
125 pages ; 23 cm.
Subject:
Didion, Joan.
American essays.
Autobiography.
Spanish language materials.
Other Authors:
Calvo, Javier, translator.
Navarro, Elvira, 1978- writer of prologue.
Translation of (expression): Didion, Joan. Essays. Selections (Let me tell you what I mean)
Other Titles:
Let me tell you what I mean. Spanish
Summary:
De uno de nuestros escritores más icónicos e influyentes: doce piezas que ofrecen una mirada esclarecedora a la mente y el proceso de una figura legendaria. Estos ensayos de 1968 a 2000, que no han sido recopilados hasta ahora, muestran el incisivo reportaje de Joan Didion, su mirada empática y sus ideas sobre la escritura. Tocan temas que van desde los periódicos ("el problema no es tanto si uno confía en las noticias como si las encuentra"), pasando por la fantasía de San Simeón, pasando por no entrar en Stanford. En "Sobre ser no elegido por la universidad de su elección", Didion reflexiona sobre el tenso dilema padre/hijo: "Me pregunto si sería mejor que no encontráramos alguna manera... de separar nuestras expectativas de las de ellos... sus propios rechazos". Desde su admiración por las frases de Hemingway hasta su reconocimiento de que la historia de Martha Stewart "ha alentado históricamente a las mujeres de este país, incluso cuando ha amenazado a los hombres", estas piezas se observan de manera aguda y brillante. Esta colección atemporal de los primeros escritos de Didion revela lo que se convertiría en sus temas, incluida la prensa, la política, los barones ladrones de California, las mujeres, el acto de escribir y sus propias dudas. Cada pieza es clásica de Didion: incisiva, desconcertada y asombrosamente profética.
From one of our most iconic and influential writers: twelve pieces that offer an illuminating glimpse into the mind and process of a legendary figure. These essays from 1968 to 2000, which have not been gathered together until now, showcase Joan Didion's incisive reporting, her empathetic gaze, and her insights on writing. They touch on subjects ranging from newspapers ("the problem is not so much whether one trusts the news as whether one finds it"), to the fantasy of San Simeon, to not getting into Stanford. In "On Being Unchosen by the College of One's Choice," Didion ponders the fraught parent/child dilemma: "I wonder if we had better not find some way ... to extricate our expectations from theirs...to let them work through their own rejections." From her admiration for Hemingway's sentences to her acknowledgement that Martha Stewart's story is one "that has historically encouraged women in this country, even as it has threatened men," these pieces are acutely and brilliantly observed. This timeless collection of Didion's mostly early writing reveals what would become her subjects, including the press, politics, California robber barons, women, the act of writing, and her own self-doubt. Each piece is classic Didion: incisive, bemused, and stunningly prescient.
ISBN:
9788439739395
8439739397
OCLC:
(OCoLC)1277274839
Locations:
BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

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