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INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - An extraordinary work from the author of The Year of Magical Thinking and Blue Nights
In November 1999, Joan Didion began seeing a psychiatrist because, as she wrote to a friend, her family had had "a rough few years." She described the sessions in a journal she created for her husband, John Gregory Dunne. For several months, Didion recorded conversations with the psychiatrist in meticulous detail. The initial sessions focused on alcoholism, adoption, depression, anxiety, guilt, and the heartbreaking complexities of her relationship with her daughter, Quintana. The subjects evolved to include her work, which she was finding difficult to maintain for sustained periods. There were discussions about her own childhood--misunderstandings and lack of communication with her mother and father, her early tendency to anticipate catastrophe--and the question of legacy, or, as she put it, "what it's been worth." The analysis would continue for more than a decade. Didion's journal was crafted with the singular intelligence, precision, and elegance that characterize all of her writing. It is an unprecedently intimate account that reveals sides of her that were unknown, but the voice is unmistakably hers--questioning, courageous, and clear in the face of a wrenchingly painful journey.
Apuntes Para John / Notes to John - Paperback
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by Joan Didion (Author)
El diario inédito de Joan Didion. Un libro extraordinario que completa un tríptico compuesto también por El año del pensamiento mágico y Noches azules.
«Escribo estrictamente para averiguar qué estoy pensando, qué estoy mirando, qué veo y qué significa .
En noviembre de 1999, Joan Didion empezó a visitar a un psiquiatra porque, como escribió a un amigo, su familia había estado pasando «unos años difíciles . Durante meses, registró sus encuentros con meticuloso detalle en un diario destinado a su marido, John Gregory Dunne.
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - An extraordinary work from the author of The Year of Magical Thinking and Blue Nights
In November 1999, Joan Didion began seeing a psychiatrist because, as she wrote to a friend, her family had had "a rough few years." She described the sessions in a journal she created for her husband, John Gregory Dunne. For several months, Didion recorded conversations with the psychiatrist in meticulous detail. The initial sessions focused on alcoholism, adoption, depression, anxiety, guilt, and the heartbreaking complexities of her relationship with her daughter, Quintana. The subjects evolved to include her work, which she was finding difficult to maintain for sustained periods. There were discussions about her own childhood--misunderstandings and lack of communication with her mother and father, her early tendency to anticipate catastrophe--and the question of legacy, or, as she put it, "what it's been worth." The analysis would continue for more than a decade. Didion's journal was crafted with the singular intelligence, precision, and elegance that characterize all of her writing. It is an unprecedently intimate account that reveals sides of her that were unknown, but the voice is unmistakably hers--questioning, courageous, and clear in the face of a wrenchingly painful journey.
Author Biography
Joan Didion (Sacramento, 1934 - Nueva York, 2021) fue una célebre novelista y periodista estadounidense. Graduada por la Universidad de Berkeley en California, se le concedió el doctorado honoris causa en letras por las universidades de Harvard y Yale.
Comenzó trabajando en la revista Vogue, donde ejerció de editora y crítica de cine, y fue colaboradora habitual de The New York Review of Books. Junto a su marido, John Gregory Dunne, escribió también guiones cinematográficos, entre los que se encuentra el basado en Según venga el juego, llevada al cine por Frank Perry y protagonizada por un joven Anthony Perkins. Es autora de las novelas Río revuelto, Según venga el juego, Book of Common Prayer, Democracy y The Last Thing He Wanted. También de varios libros de memorias, como Where I Was From, Noches azules y el aclamado El año del pensamiento mágico, que fue ganador del National Book Award y finalista del Premio Pulitzer y del National Book Critics Circle Award. A lo largo de su carrera publicó diversos libros de ensayo sobre la cultura y la política norteamericanas, una selección de los cuales se incluyen en Los que sueñan el sueño dorado, así como Lo que quiero decir, una colección de sus primeros artículos y crónicas, o sus anotaciones inéditas, recogidas en Sur y Oeste. La mayor parte de su obra en lengua española ha sido publicada en Literatura Random House.
Number of Pages: 256
Dimensions: 0.56 x 8.99 x 5.29 IN
Publication Date: November 18, 2025