November 2005 Issue [Reviews] The Still Point of the Turning World Adjust Share Joan Didion and the opposite of meaning by Jennifer Szalai, This article is only available as a PDF to subscribers. Download PDF Tags 20th century American Biography Book reviews Joan Didion Novelists More from Jennifer Szalai In The Shade Zadie Smith and the limits of being oneself The banality of avarice Why the finance industry never had to lie John Leonard (1939-2008) Adjust Share