Few writers captured the transformation from the promise of the 1960s to the malaise of the 1970s like Joan Didion. Few have created as wrenching and cathartic a portrait of grief as her A Year of Magical Thinking. In between stands a body of work that solidifies Didion's role as a key literary voice of her generation. Reading Joan Didion is the ideal way to enter this literary icon's world of innovative plots, haunting themes, and fascinating characters.