West of the West(English, Paperback, unknown)

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West of the West(English, Paperback, unknown) is written by unknown and published by University of California Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0520201647 (ISBN 10) and 9780520201644 (ISBN 13).

Conceived as a novelistic journey through the worlds of California, "West of the West" 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, emigres, 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, and, Allen Ginsberg - to name just a few.