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Play It As It Lays
Play It As It Lays
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Maria Wyeth is an emotional drifter who has become almost anesthetized against pain and pleasure. She finds herself, in her early thirties, radically divorced from husband, lovers, friends, her own past and her own future. Actress, daughter, wife, mother, she has played each role to the sound of one hand clapping.
Play It As It Lays is set in a place beyond good and evil, literally in Los Angeles and Las Vegas and the barren wastes of the Mojave, but figuratively in the landscape of an arid soul. Two decades after its original publication, it remains a profoundly disturbing novel.
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Kaleidoscopic exploration of emotional numbness in Hollywood.
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Who is this book for?
If you're drawn to intense, emotionally raw stories, this novel offers a haunting look into the emptiness of modern life through Joan Didion's piercing prose. It's an unflinching journey into a woman's disjointed existence, capturing a society that's often numb and disconnected, making it resonate even decades later.