California dreaming turns to dust

California dreaming turns to dust

California likes to be fooled," says a character in The Octopus (1901), Frank Norris' great novel about wheat growers and the railroads in the San Joaquin Valley; and that penchant for self-deception, [Joan Didion] insists, runs throughout the history of the state.

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Veröffentlicht in:National Catholic reporter 2004, Vol.40 (24), p.17
1. Verfasser: Beasley, Conger
Format: Review
Sprache:eng
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Autobiographies
Didion, Joan
Families & family life
Nonfiction
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Zusammenfassung:California likes to be fooled," says a character in The Octopus (1901), Frank Norris' great novel about wheat growers and the railroads in the San Joaquin Valley; and that penchant for self-deception, [Joan Didion] insists, runs throughout the history of the state.
ISSN:0027-8939