Blue Nights
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Blue Nights is a memoir by Joan Didion that reflects on aging, grief, and the death of her daughter Quintana Roo.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Blue Nights canonical | 1 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | memoir ⓘ |
| author | Joan Didion NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awarded | National Book Critics Circle Award nomination ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| dedicatedTo | Quintana Roo Dunne NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| follows | The Year of Magical Thinking NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
autobiographical literature
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nonfiction ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Joan Didion (as narrator)
NERFINISHED
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John Gregory Dunne NERFINISHED ⓘ Quintana Roo Dunne NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMotif |
blue light
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summer evenings ⓘ |
| isbn | 978-0-307-59458-4 ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 21st-century American literature ⓘ |
| literaryStyle |
fragmented narrative
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lyrical prose ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
aging
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death of Quintana Roo Dunne ⓘ grief ⓘ illness ⓘ loss ⓘ memory ⓘ mother–daughter relationship ⓘ |
| mediaType |
hardcover
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paperback ⓘ print ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person ⓘ |
| notableFor |
intimate portrayal of maternal grief
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reflection on Didion’s own aging ⓘ |
| originalPublisherImprint | Knopf NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| pageCount | approximately 188 ⓘ |
| partOf | Joan Didion bibliography ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 2011 ⓘ |
| publisher | Alfred A. Knopf ⓘ |
| setting |
California
NERFINISHED
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New York City ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
book reviews
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literary criticism ⓘ |
| theme |
adoption and family
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fear of growing old ⓘ fragility of life ⓘ parental guilt ⓘ |
| title | Blue Nights NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workOf | Joan Didion NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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