{"product_id":"west-of-the-west-leonard-michaels-9780520201644","title":"West of the West: Imagining California","description":"Conceived as a novelistic journey through the worlds of California, \u003ci\u003eWest of the West\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Leonard Michaels\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0520201647\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780520201644\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of California Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/12\/1995\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 348\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.03lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.01w x 0.87d","brand":"Leonard Michaels","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44119756407039,"sku":"9780520201644","price":31.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_752ffcc6-142d-4d7c-b382-74f06cc81997.jpg?v=1687410795","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/west-of-the-west-leonard-michaels-9780520201644","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}