Salvador is a 1983 nonfiction book by Joan Didion on American involvement in the Salvadoran Civil War.[1] Most of the book is based on three extended essays Didion published in The New York Review of Books in November and December 1982.[2][3] She spent two weeks in El Salvador in June 1982 and referred to the experience as "terrifying."[4] Didion was in the country during the 1982 earthquake.[5]

Salvador
First US edition
AuthorJoan Didion
Cover artistLawrence Ratzkin
LanguageEnglish
GenreEssays
PublisherSimon & Schuster (US)
Chatto & Windus (UK)
Lester & Orpen Dennys (Canada)
Publication date
1983
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (Hardback & Paperback)
Pages108 pp
ISBN0-671-47024-8 (UK/US)
ISBN 0-88619-015-0 (Canada)
OCLC29389494
972.8405/2 20
LC ClassF1488.3 .D53 1994

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  1. ^ Minor, Kyle (14 March 2013). "Joan Didion's "Salvador" delves into the heart of darkness". Salon. Retrieved 6 February 2020.
  2. ^ Falcoff, Mark (1 May 1983). "Salvador, by Joan Didion (Book Review)". Commentary. 75 (5): 66. Retrieved 6 February 2020.
  3. ^ de León, Concepción (27 January 2018). "What Awaits Salvadoran Immigrants in Their Native Country?". The New York Times. Retrieved 6 February 2020.
  4. ^ Harred, Jane (Spring 1998). "The Heart of Darkness in Joan Didion's "Salvador"". College Literature. 25 (2): 1–16. JSTOR 25112374.
  5. ^ Haupt-Lehmann, Christopher (11 March 1983). "Books of the Times (Salvador)". The New York Times. Retrieved 6 February 2020.
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