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South and West by Joan Didion (Omnibus)

New Orleans’ oppressive atmosphere stirs memories of Joan Didion’s childhood visits and an ex-lover. Read by Laurel Lefkow.

New Orleans’ oppressive atmosphere stirs memories of childhood visits and an ex-lover - and stark comparisons between the South and Joan Didion’s home in California.

Joan Didion always kept notebooks of overheard dialogue, observations, interviews, drafts of essays and articles.

This is one that traces a road trip she took in June 1970, through Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama.

And in her native west, the memoir piece California Notes that began as an assignment from Rolling Stone on the Patty Hearst trial of 1976.

Read by Laurel Lefkow

Omnibus of five parts abridged by Eileen Horne

Producer: Clive Brill

Director: Eoin O'Callaghan

A Brill production for Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4, first broadcast in September 2017.

1 hour, 10 minutes

Last on

Mon 28 Mar 2022 01:00

Broadcasts

  • Sun 17 Sep 2017 09:00
  • Sun 17 Sep 2017 20:00
  • Sun 27 Mar 2022 13:00
  • Mon 28 Mar 2022 01:00