Salvador (book)
Salvador is a 1983 book-length essay by Joan Didion on American involvement in El Salvador.[1] Didion wrote the book after visiting the country.[2] Didion spent two weeks in El Salvador and has referred to the experience as "terrifying".[3] She was in the country during the 1982 El Salvador earthquake.[4]
 First US edition | |
| Author | Joan Didion |
|---|---|
| Cover artist | Lawrence Ratzkin |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Essays |
| Publisher | Simon & Schuster (US) Chatto & Windus (UK) Lester & Orpen Dennys (Canada) |
Publication date | 1983 |
| Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
| Pages | 108 pp |
| ISBN | 0-671-47024-8 (UK/US) ISBN 0-88619-015-0 (Canada) |
| OCLC | 29389494 |
| 972.8405/2 20 | |
| LC Class | F1488.3 .D53 1994 |
The New York Review of Books published two "extended articles" by Didion about her visit to El Salvador which were later combined to form Salvador.[5]
References
- Minor, Kyle (14 March 2013). "Joan Didion's "Salvador" delves into the heart of darkness". Salon. Retrieved 6 February 2020.
- de León, Concepción (27 January 2018). "What Awaits Salvadoran Immigrants in Their Native Country?". The New York Times. Retrieved 6 February 2020.
- Harred, Jane (Spring 1998). "The Heart of Darkness in Joan Didion's "Salvador"". College Literature. 25 (2): 1–16. JSTOR 25112374.
- Haupt-Lehmann, Christopher (11 March 1983). "Books of the Times (Salvador)". The New York Times. Retrieved 6 February 2020.
- Falcoff, Mark (1 May 1983). "Salvador, by Joan Didion (Book Review)". Commentary. 75 (5): 66. Retrieved 6 February 2020.
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