Salvador (book)

Salvador is a 1983 book-length essay by Joan Didion on American involvement in El Salvador.[1] Didion wrote the book after visiting the country.[2] Didion spent two weeks in El Salvador and has referred to the experience as "terrifying".[3] She was in the country during the 1982 El Salvador earthquake.[4]

Salvador
First US edition
AuthorJoan Didion
Cover artistLawrence Ratzkin
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
GenreEssays
PublisherSimon & Schuster (US)
Chatto & Windus (UK)
Lester & Orpen Dennys (Canada)
Publication date
1983
Media typePrint (Hardback & Paperback)
Pages108 pp
ISBN0-671-47024-8 (UK/US)
ISBN 0-88619-015-0 (Canada)
OCLC29389494
972.8405/2 20
LC ClassF1488.3 .D53 1994

The New York Review of Books published two "extended articles" by Didion about her visit to El Salvador which were later combined to form Salvador.[5]

References

  1. Minor, Kyle (14 March 2013). "Joan Didion's "Salvador" delves into the heart of darkness". Salon. Retrieved 6 February 2020.
  2. de León, Concepción (27 January 2018). "What Awaits Salvadoran Immigrants in Their Native Country?". The New York Times. Retrieved 6 February 2020.
  3. Harred, Jane (Spring 1998). "The Heart of Darkness in Joan Didion's "Salvador"". College Literature. 25 (2): 1–16. JSTOR 25112374.
  4. Haupt-Lehmann, Christopher (11 March 1983). "Books of the Times (Salvador)". The New York Times. Retrieved 6 February 2020.
  5. Falcoff, Mark (1 May 1983). "Salvador, by Joan Didion (Book Review)". Commentary. 75 (5): 66. Retrieved 6 February 2020.


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