Play It as It Lays
1970 novel by Joan Didion / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Play It as It Lays is a 1970 novel by American writer Joan Didion.[1][2] Time magazine included the novel in its list of the "100 Best English-Language Novels from 1923 to 2005".[3] The novel has been credited for helping define modern American Fiction[4] and has been described as an "instant classic".[5] It is known for depicting the nihilism and the illusory glamor of life in Hollywood,[6][7] as well as capturing the landscape and culture of 1960s Los Angeles.[8]
Author | Joan Didion |
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Country | United States |
Language | English |
Publisher | Farrar Straus & Giroux |
Publication date | 1970 |
ISBN | 0-374-52171-9 |
OCLC | 312968389 |
About the book, Joan Didion said, "I didn't think it was going to make it [...] And suddenly it did make it, in a minor way. And from that time on I had more confidence."[9]
The book bears some resemblance to Didion's life, as Didion also had a daughter with a psychological disorder and drove the same car as the protagonist of the book (a yellow Corvette Stingray).[10][11] Like the protagonist, Didion lived in New York before moving to California.[12] However, Didion asserted that the book was not autobiographical.[13]
The book was adapted into a 1972 film[14] starring Tuesday Weld as Maria and Anthony Perkins as BZ. Didion co-wrote the screenplay with her husband, John Gregory Dunne.