Conceived as a novelistic journey through the worlds of California, "West of the West" offers a vivid and diverse collection of writings on the state where extremes of every sort are dramatically evident in the weather, geography, and people. This richly fascinating collection represents the experience of California both physical and metaphysical, in fiction, poetry, essays, travel writing, confessions, reportage, and social criticism. The authors are native Californians, born-again Californians, exiles, emigres, critics, and visitors of every kind - Jack Kerouac, Joan Didion, Amy Tan, Simone de Beauvoir, Carey McWilliams, Tom Wolfe, Gore Vidal, Octavio Paz, Jean Baudrillard, Ishmael Reed, and, Allen Ginsberg - to name just a few.
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Conceived as a novelistic journey through the worlds of California, this book represents the experience of California both physical and metaphysical, in fiction, poetry, essays, travel writing, confessions, reportage, and social criticism.
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CONTRIBUTORS: Carey McWilliams Julian Marias Vincent Bugliosi David Thomson Ben Hecht Michael Wood Gore Vidal Stephen Bach Irene Oppenheim Leonard Michaels Jean Baudrillard M. F. K. Fisher Octavio Paz Jane Vandenburgh Tom Wolfe Danny Romero Randall Sullivan Mary Austin Simone de Beauvoir Henry Miller Jack Kerouac Robinson Jeffers Linda Niemann John Steinbeck Gertrude Stein Clarence King Joan Didion Richard Rodriguez Rudyard Kipling Frank Norris Maxine Hong Kingston Herb Caen Kenneth Rexroth Ralph J. Gleason Allen Ginsberg Mario Savio Warren Hinckle Stanley Booth Henry Bean Renee Lieberman Raquel Scherr Maya Angelou Gretel Ehrlich Amy Tan Gary Soto Ishmael Reed Randy Shilts Thom Gunn Theodora Kroeber Czeslaw Milosz Shiva Naipaul James D. Houston Leo E. Litwak Jonathan Lieberson Umberto Eco Aldous Huxley Walt Whitman
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780520201644
Publisert
1995-05-12
Utgiver
Vendor
University of California Press
Vekt
454 gr
Dybde
23 mm
Aldersnivå
UU, UP, P, 05, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet

Biographical note

Leonard Michaels is the author of The Men's Club. David Reid is editor of Sex, Death and God in L.A. (California, 1994). Raquel Scherr is coauthor of Face Value: The Politics of Beauty.