Didion is well known for her impeccable diction and prestige flow, and this memoir delivers exactly that, while remaining intensely personal. Didion manages to address the rocky relationship that she had with her daughter in light of her tragic death. This is a task that many authors would find too daunting to achieve, but Didion does it in a way that is both beautiful to read and maintains sometimes heartbreaking emotional truth. As a result of all this, Blue Nights fits perfectly within the genre of literary fiction. Memoir such as this can often be a difficult understanding for the author, but Didion uses the experience in order to better make sense of the past and
Didion is well known for her impeccable diction and prestige flow, and this memoir delivers exactly that, while remaining intensely personal. Didion manages to address the rocky relationship that she had with her daughter in light of her tragic death. This is a task that many authors would find too daunting to achieve, but Didion does it in a way that is both beautiful to read and maintains sometimes heartbreaking emotional truth. As a result of all this, Blue Nights fits perfectly within the genre of literary fiction. Memoir such as this can often be a difficult understanding for the author, but Didion uses the experience in order to better make sense of the past and