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The Year of Magical Thinking

2005 memoir by Joan Didion
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The Year of Magical Thinking

Summary

The Year of Magical Thinking is a written work[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of written_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (782 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Year of Magical Thinking authored Joan Didion[3].
  • The Year of Magical Thinking received the Prix Médicis essai[4].
  • The Year of Magical Thinking received the National Book Award for Nonfiction[5].
  • The Year of Magical Thinking's image is recorded as Joan Didion The Year of Magical Thinking 2005.jpg[6].
  • The Year of Magical Thinking's instance of is recorded as written work[7].
  • The Year of Magical Thinking's genre is recorded as memoir[8].
  • The Year of Magical Thinking's GND ID is recorded as 1195541538[9].
  • The Year of Magical Thinking's language of work or name is recorded as English[10].
  • The Year of Magical Thinking's country of origin is recorded as United States[11].
  • The Year of Magical Thinking's publication date is recorded as +2005-00-00T00:00:00Z[12].
  • The Year of Magical Thinking's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/08yhfp[13].
  • The Year of Magical Thinking's Open Library ID is recorded as OL500181W[14].
  • The Year of Magical Thinking's has edition or translation is recorded as The Year of Magical Thinking[15].
  • The Year of Magical Thinking's has edition or translation is recorded as The Year of Magical Thinking[16].
  • The Year of Magical Thinking's has edition or translation is recorded as Q134392396[17].
  • The Year of Magical Thinking's LibraryThing work ID is recorded as 2568271[18].
  • The Year of Magical Thinking's Internet Broadway Database show ID is recorded as 448760[19].
  • The Year of Magical Thinking's described by source is recorded as The Year of Magical Thinking[20].
  • The Year of Magical Thinking's described by source is recorded as The year of magical thinking: Joan Didion and the dialectic of grief[21].
  • The Year of Magical Thinking's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/The-Year-of-Magical-Thinking-memoir-by-Didion[22].
  • The Year of Magical Thinking's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'The Year of Magical Thinking'}[23].
  • The Year of Magical Thinking's OCLC work ID is recorded as 934844[24].
  • The Year of Magical Thinking's AusStage work ID is recorded as 217[25].
  • The Year of Magical Thinking's Goodreads work ID is recorded as 1659905[26].
  • The Year of Magical Thinking's Book Marks ID is recorded as the-year-of-magical-thinking[27].

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Designation and Status

The Year of Magical Thinking's instance of is recorded as written work[7].

Why It Matters

The Year of Magical Thinking ranks in the top 1% of written_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (782 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

FAQs

What awards did The Year of Magical Thinking receive?

Honors received include Prix Médicis essai[4] and National Book Award for Nonfiction[5].

Related Entities

Joan Didion United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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