A Book of Common PrayerSimon and Schuster, 1977 - 272 halaman Writing with the telegraphic swiftness and microscopic sensitivity that have made her one of our most distinguished journalists, Joan Didion creates a shimmering novel of innocence and evil. A Book of Common Prayer is the story of two American women in the derelict Central American nation of Boca Grande. Grace Strasser-Mendana controls much of the country's wealth and knows virtually all of its secrets; Charlotte Douglas knows far too little. "Immaculate of history, innocent of politics," she has come to Boca Grande vaguely and vainly hoping to be reunited with her fugitive daughter. As imagined by Didion, her fate is at once utterly particular and fearfully emblematic of an age of conscienceless authority and unfathomable violence. |
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... living with at the time . In princi- ple she was tolerant of Leonard's efforts on the behalf of social justice , although in practice she often found the bene- ficiaries of these efforts " weird " and their predicaments " unnecessary ...
... living with at the time . In princi- ple she was tolerant of Leonard's efforts on the behalf of social justice , although in practice she often found the bene- ficiaries of these efforts " weird " and their predicaments " unnecessary ...
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... living in the tropics . I was to allow no nightsoil on my kitchen garden , boil water for douches as well as for drinking , preserve my husband's books with a thin creosote solution , schedule regular hours for sketching or writing and ...
... living in the tropics . I was to allow no nightsoil on my kitchen garden , boil water for douches as well as for drinking , preserve my husband's books with a thin creosote solution , schedule regular hours for sketching or writing and ...
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... living dead . " Dwelling on the past leads to unsoundness and dementia , my aunt also advised . And , Don't cry over curdled milk , Grace , make cottage cheese of it . And to the same doubtful point : Remember Lot's Wife , avoid the ...
... living dead . " Dwelling on the past leads to unsoundness and dementia , my aunt also advised . And , Don't cry over curdled milk , Grace , make cottage cheese of it . And to the same doubtful point : Remember Lot's Wife , avoid the ...
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