Democracy (Cyclopedia of Literary Places)
At a glance:
- Author: Joan Didion
- First Published: 1984
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Political
- Time of Work: Mid-1970’s
- Genres: Long fiction, Psychological fiction, Political fiction, Metafiction
- Subjects: 1950’s, 1960’s, 1970’s, Politics, Murder or homicide, Marriage, Alienation, Vietnam War, Adultery, Death or dying, Politicians, Lifestyles, Southeast Asia
- Locales: Saigon, Vietnam, Honolulu, HI, Southeast Asia
Places Discussed
*Honolulu. Hawaii’s capital city, in which Inez Christian was born and grew up during the 1930’s and 1940’s. Her college experience on the U.S. mainland led to her marriage to Harry Victor. Despite his political career as a senator from California, and years of residence in Washington, D.C., and New York City, both family ties and fate keep pulling her back to Hawaii. In part this pattern may symbolize the tensions in American life in this era, when formerly East Coast- oriented political “actors” kept being drawn into obligations and conflicts in the...
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