Democracy

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Political life dissects memory and society.

If you're drawn to the intricacies of political maneuvering and the cost it exacts on personal memory and societal fabric, "Democracy" by Joan Didion is a powerful examination worth your time. Didion's incisive prose cuts through the chaos of American political life in the mid-'70s, offering insights that resonate eerily with today's landscape. Expect to find a blend of satire, drama, and critical observation wrapped in a narrative that's both compelling and thought-provoking.

  • Los Angeles Times Book Prize Nominee for Fiction (1984)
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Democracy

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ISBN: 9780679754855
Authors: Joan Didion
Date of Publication: 1995-04-25
Format: Paperback
Related Topics: Race, Feminism, War, World War II, Literature
Goodreads rating: 3.85
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Description

Inez Victor knows that the major casualty of the political life is memory. But the people around Inez have made careers out of losing track. Her senator husband wants to forget the failure of his last bid for the presidency. Her husband's handler would like the press to forget that Inez's father is a murderer. And, in 1975, the year in which much of this bitterly funny novel is set, America is doing its best to lose track of its one-time client, the lethally hemorrhaging republic of South Vietnam. As conceived by Joan Didion, these personages and events constitute the terminal fallout of democracy, a fallout that also includes fact-finding junkets, senatorial groupies, the international arms market, and the Orwellian newspeak of the political class. Moving deftly from Honolulu to Jakarta, between romance, farce, and tragedy, Democracy is a tour de force from a writer who can dissect an entire society with a single phrase.
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Political life dissects memory and society.

If you're drawn to the intricacies of political maneuvering and the cost it exacts on personal memory and societal fabric, "Democracy" by Joan Didion is a powerful examination worth your time. Didion's incisive prose cuts through the chaos of American political life in the mid-'70s, offering insights that resonate eerily with today's landscape. Expect to find a blend of satire, drama, and critical observation wrapped in a narrative that's both compelling and thought-provoking.

  • Los Angeles Times Book Prize Nominee for Fiction (1984)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.