{"product_id":"west-of-the-west-imagining-california-paperback","title":"West of the West: Imagining California - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLeonard Michaels\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eDavid Reid\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eRaquel Scherr\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eConceived as a novelistic journey through the worlds of California, \u003ci\u003eWest of the West\u003c\/i\u003e offers a vivid and diverse collection of writings on the state where extremes of every sort are dramatically evident in the weather, geography, and people. This richly fascinating collection represents the experience of California both physical and metaphysical, in fiction, poetry, essays, travel writing, confessions, reportage, and social criticism. The authors are native Californians, born-again Californians, exiles, émigrés, critics, and visitors of every kind-Jack Kerouac, Joan Didion, Amy Tan, Simone de Beauvoir, Carey McWilliams, Tom Wolfe, Gore Vidal, Octavio Paz, Jean Baudrillard, Ishmael Reed, Allen Ginsberg-to name just a few.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLeonard Michaels\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Men's Club\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cb\u003eDavid Reid\u003c\/b\u003e is editor of \u003ci\u003eSex, Death and God in L.A.\u003c\/i\u003e (California, 1994). \u003cb\u003eRaquel Scherr\u003c\/b\u003e is coauthor of \u003ci\u003eFace Value: The Politics of Beauty\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 348\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.87 x 9 x 6.01 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 12, 1995\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42133471166599,"sku":"9780520201644","price":57.51,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/4b521bca6e12a3c527da6f25d5b40602.webp?v=1732634591","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/west-of-the-west-imagining-california-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}