Slouching Towards Bethlehem
by Joan Didion
2020-12-29 12:32:10
Slouching Towards Bethlehem
by Joan Didion
2020-12-29 12:32:10
The âdazzlingâ and essential portrayal of 1960s America from the author of South and West and The Year of Magical Thinking (The New York Times). Capturing the tumultuous landscape of the United States, and in particular California, during a...
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The âdazzlingâ and essential portrayal of 1960s America from the author of South and West and The Year of Magical Thinking (The New York Times). Capturing the tumultuous landscape of the United States, and in particular California, during a pivotal era of social change, the first work of nonfiction from one of American literatureâs most distinctive prose stylists is a modern classic. In twenty razor-sharp essays that redefined the art of journalism, National Book Awardâwinning author Joan Didion reports on a society gripped by a deep generational divide, from the âmisplaced childrenâ dropping acid in San Franciscoâs Haight-Ashbury district to Hollywood legend John Wayne filming his first picture after a bout with cancer. She paints indelible portraits of reclusive billionaire Howard Hughes and folk singer Joan Baez, âa personality before she was entirely a person,â and takes readers on eye-opening journeys to Death Valley, Hawaii, and Las Vegas, âthe most extreme and allegorical of American settlements.â First published in 1968, Slouching Towards Bethlehem has been heralded by the New York Times Book Review as âa rare display of some of the best prose written today in this countryâ and named to Time magazineâs list of the one hundred best and most influential nonfiction books. It is the definitive account of a terrifying and transformative decade in American history whose discordant reverberations continue to sound a half-century later.
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