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The Year of Magical Thinking

Joan Didion

"this happened on December 30, 2003. That may seem a while ago but it won't when it happens to you . . ."In this dramatic adaptation of her award-winning, bestselling memoir (which Michiko Kakutani in The New York Times called "an indelible portrait of loss and grief . . . a haunting portrait of a four-decade-long marriage), Joan Didion transforms the story of the sudden and unexpected loss of her husband and their only daughter into a stunning and powerful one-woman play.The first theatrical production of The Year of Magical Thinking opened at the Booth Theatre on March 29, 2007, starring Vanessa Redgrave and directed by David Hare.From the Trade Paperback edition.

Memoir & AutobiographyMemoir & Autobiography · medium confidenceMemoir & Autobiography81 signalsLlm Classifier: Memoir & Autobiography -> Memoir & AutobiographyKeyword Classifier: Arts & Criticism -> Arts & CriticismAward Category: Pulitzer Prize in Biography or Autobiography -> BiographyIntellectual BiographyMemoir & Personal HistoryDisability & Difference

Award History

1 wins · 2 total

AwardYearResultCategory / Notes
National Book Award for NonfictionMajor2005WinnerSecondary source
Pulitzer Prize in Biography or AutobiographyMajor2006FinalistSecondary source
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  1. 01 Central figures

    • Joan Didion92%
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    • Vanessa Redgrave36%
    • David Hare36%

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