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31-year-old Maria Wyeth's story begins as she is recovering from an implied mental breakdown in a psychiatric hospital in the Los Angeles area. Her journey oscillates between dizzying and domestic, as her acting career slows and her personal life collapses. Her story is revealed though flashbacks and flash forwards.
- Joan Didion
- 1970
Apr 8, 2024 · 'Play It As It Lays' ranks No. 1 on our list of the best Hollywood books of all time because it speaks to today's Tinseltown as much as it did Didion's.
- matthew.brennan@latimes.com
- Deputy Editor, Entertainment And Arts
Jan 1, 1970 · A ruthless dissection of American life in the late 1960s, Play It as It Lays captures the mood of an entire generation, the ennui of contemporary society reflected in spare prose that blisters and haunts the reader.
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Mar 9, 2018 · It’s true, her name is mostly synonymous with her iconic nonfiction—SLOUCHING TOWARDS BETHLEHEM and THE YEAR OF MAGICAL THINKING to name a couple—but I think her fiction tends be overlooked, including the excellent PLAY IT AS IT LAYS.
Unlike Didion’s novels Run River (1963) and A Book of Common Prayer (1977), Play It as It Lays exists apart from a definite historical context (although it is set in the late 1960’s, her...
Intro. Play It As It Lays Summary. Next. Maria. In 1960s Los Angeles, Maria Wyeth, a 31-year-old unemployed actress, recounts the events that led to her commitment to a psychiatric facility. In an internal monologue, Maria introduces herself as an uncurious woman determined not to dwell on the past.
Jul 5, 2017 · And in true Didion fashion, Play It As It Lays' writing is sparse but loaded, evoking 1960s California in a way only Didion can. At its heart, Play It As It Lays is about loneliness and emotional emptiness—the realization that things happen, and there are no answers.
