West of the West: Imagining California (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780520201644)

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, 駑igr駸, 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, Allen Ginsberg-to name just a few.

Author: Leonard Michaels
ISBN-10: 0520201647
ISBN-13: 9780520201644
Publisher: University of California Press
Language: English
Published: 05/12/1995
Pages: 348
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.03lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.01w x 0.87d