''Salvador'' is a
1983
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book-length essay by
Joan Didion
Joan Didion (; December 5, 1934 – December 23, 2021) was an American writer. Along with Tom Wolfe, Hunter S. Thompson and Gay Talese, she is considered one of the pioneers of New Journalism. Didion's career began in the 1950s after she won an ...
on American involvement in
El Salvador
El Salvador (; , meaning " The Saviour"), officially the Republic of El Salvador ( es, República de El Salvador), is a country in Central America. It is bordered on the northeast by Honduras, on the northwest by Guatemala, and on the south b ...
. Didion wrote the book after visiting the country. Didion spent two weeks in El Salvador and has referred to the experience as "terrifying". She was in the country during the
1982 El Salvador earthquake.
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New York Review of Books
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'' published two "extended articles" by Didion about her visit to El Salvador which were later combined to form ''Salvador''.
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1983 non-fiction books
Books by Joan Didion
1983 essays
Chatto & Windus books
Simon & Schuster books
Essays about politics
Works about El Salvador
Salvadoran Civil War
Books about foreign relations of the United States
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