Salvador - Softcover

Didion, Joan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1862078688 ISBN 13: 9781862078680

Publisher: Granta Books, 2011

Synopsis

El Salvador, 1982, is the height of a ghastly civil war. The author travels from battlefields to body dumps, interviews a puppet president, considers the distinctly Salvadoran meaning of the verb 'to disappear' and trains a merciless eye on the terror there as well as on the depredations and evasions of US foreign policy.

About this title

From the Inside Flap:

In 1982, Didion traveled to El Salvador at the height of the ghastly civil war. From battlefields to body dumps, she trained a merciless eye not only on the terror but also on the depredations and evasions of our own country's foreign policy.

About the Author:

Joan Didion is a novelist, essayist and screenwriter. Her books include Slouching Towards Bethlehem, The White Album, Miami, and the recent memoir The Year of Magical Thinking. She lives in New York.

About this edition

• Publisher: Granta Books
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1862078688
• ISBN 13: 9781862078680
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 108