In the Islands

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A place belongs forever to whoever claims it hardest, remembers it most obsessively, wrenches it from itself, shapes it, renders it, loves it so radically that he remakes it in his image.

Joan Didion

The White Album

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Topic

Rootedness Place

Author

Joan Didion

Source

In the Islands The White Album

Medium

Essay

Language

English

Time

1979 1970s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Didion, Joan. "In the Islands." The White Album. Simon & Schuster, 1979.