Play It As It Lays: A Novel
Joan Didion • Farrar, Straus and Giroux • ISBN-13 978‑0374529949
Play It As It Lays: A Novel
Joan Didion • Farrar, Straus and Giroux
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ISBN-10: 0374529949 · ISBN-13: 978‑0374529949 · 2005 · Reprint Edition
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Joan Didion's 'Play It As It Lays' is a seminal work of American fiction that explores themes of existential despair and the disintegration of personal identity in the context of 1960s Hollywood. The novel follows Maria Wyeth, a disillusioned actress navigating a world of superficiality and moral ambiguity.
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