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Slouching Towards Bethlehem : Essays
Slouching Towards Bethlehem Essays
Author: Joan Didion
Universally acclaimed when it was first published in 1968, Slouching Towards Bethlehem has become a modern classic. More than any other book of its time, this collection captures the mood of 1960s America, especially the center of its counterculture, California. These essays, keynoted by an extraordinary report on San Francisco's Haight-A...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780374521721
ISBN-10: 0374521727
Publication Date: 10/1/1990
Pages: 238
Rating:
  • Currently 3.9/5 Stars.
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3.9 stars, based on 21 ratings
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Book Type: Paperback
Members Wishing: 13
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ceebab avatar reviewed Slouching Towards Bethlehem : Essays on + 6 more book reviews
This book of essays definitely has a California based vibe. Well written, but not really my thing.
lapommier avatar reviewed Slouching Towards Bethlehem : Essays on
Like The White Album, this collection of Didion essays allows entry into a completely real world. The 1960s in the American West comes to life in full force through her quick and determined prose.
reviewed Slouching Towards Bethlehem : Essays on + 5 more book reviews
This is very well written perspective on the 1960s that isn't explored very often.


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