Los Angeles Notebook

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"Los Angeles Notebook" is a celebrated essay by Joan Didion that offers a sharp, atmospheric portrait of Los Angeles through reflections on its climate, culture, and underlying sense of unease.

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Label Occurrences
Los Angeles Notebook canonical 1

Statements (32)

Predicate Object
instanceOf essay
literary work
author Joan Didion NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
creator Joan Didion NERFINISHED
genre literary essay
nonfiction
hasInfluenceOn perceptions of Los Angeles in American literature
hasSubject Los Angeles climate
Los Angeles culture
Santa Ana winds NERFINISHED
myth of California
psychological effects of weather
language English
literaryMovement New Journalism NERFINISHED
mainSetting Los Angeles NERFINISHED
narrativePerspective first-person
notableFor association of weather with social tension
evocative description of Los Angeles atmosphere
partOf Joan Didion essays on California NERFINISHED
settingCountry United States of America
surface form: United States
style fragmented structure
lyrical
reportorial
theme California culture
climate
dislocation
social unease
urban life
tone atmospheric
observational
uneasy

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- If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list.
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- Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
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Subject: Los Angeles Notebook
Description of subject: "Los Angeles Notebook" is a celebrated essay by Joan Didion that offers a sharp, atmospheric portrait of Los Angeles through reflections on its climate, culture, and underlying sense of unease.

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Slouching Towards Bethlehem hasPart Los Angeles Notebook