The Year of Magical Thinking
by Didion, Joan
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 140004314X
- ISBN 13
- 9781400043149
- Seller
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La Grande, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Alfred A. Knopf, 2005. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Inscribed on the title page: "For Lynn Hurst, Joan Didion." Third printing before publication. Near fine book with light bumping to spine ends, a small bump to each lower board edge, and one small spot to front board. In a very good plus jacket with a few spots of soiling (that might wipe off) and a large golden ovular "Autographed Copy" sticker to lower right of front panel; the spine is *not* sunned as is so often the case for this title. Comes with a paperback reading copy.
Synopsis
The Year of Magical Thinking (2005), by Joan Didion (b. 1934), is an account of the year following the death of the author's husband John Gregory Dunne (1932–2003). Published by Knopf in October 2005, the book was immediately acclaimed as a classic in the genre of mourning literature. It won the National Book Award in November 2005 and was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award as well as the Pulitzer Prize for Biography/Autobiography.
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- Bookseller
- Rural Hours (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- ABE-1683698330909
- Title
- The Year of Magical Thinking
- Author
- Didion, Joan
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 140004314X
- ISBN 13
- 9781400043149
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2005
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Rural Hours
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