[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 Biography Book reviews Joan Didion Novelists, American 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 Close < Previous Issue | View All Issues | Next Issue > November 2005 < Previous Issue | View All Issues | Next Issue > Table of Contents Close