Un'analisi avvincente della vita politica e personale in America Centrale, dall'autrice pluripremiata di The Year of Magical Thinking. Scrivendo con la rapidità economica e la percezione concentrata che l'hanno resa una delle scrittrici americane più illustri, Joan Didion crea un romanzo scintillante di innocenza e malvagità. Ambientato nella nazione centroamericana in rovina di Boca Grande, A Book of Common Prayer è la storia di due donne americane e delle loro esperienze contrastanti di ricchezza, politica e storia personale. Seguiamo l'intrigante vita di Grace Strasser-Mendana, un'espatriata americana e membro di una delle famiglie più influenti di Boca Grande, insieme alla storia di Charlotte Douglas, la cui figlia Medin è scappata con un gruppo di radicali marxisti. Ciò che segue è un'esplorazione della capacità delle donne di dare un senso al comportamento che le circonda, mentre i loro mondi sono resi confusi dall'atmosfera di malvagità e innocenza che avvolge le loro vite tese e intricate. Scritto con il suo inimitabile mix di sincera franchezza emotiva e tagliente astuzia politica, il terzo romanzo di Joan Didion è al tempo stesso del tutto particolare e emblematico di un'epoca di autorità senza scrupoli e di spargimenti di sangue apparentemente inevitabili.
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JOAN DIDION was the author of five novels, twelve books of nonfiction, a play, and many screenplays. She was born in California. She died at her home in New York City on December 23, 2021.
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