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Celebrated, iconic, and indispensable, Joan Didion's first work of nonfiction, Slouching Towards Bethlehem, is considered a watershed moment in American writing. First published in 1968, this collection was critically praised as one of the defining works of New Journalism. Didion's razor-sharp observations of American culture in the 1960s—from the Haight-Ashbury hippie movement to the moral landscape of California—established her as one of our most essential chroniclers of American life.
WHY WE PICKED IT
Because Didion didn't just report on the 1960s, she decoded them. Her precise, unflinching prose captures a pivotal moment in American history when the center could not hold, creating a work that remains as relevant and powerful today as it was groundbreaking fifty years ago.
Because Didion didn't just report on the 1960s, she decoded them. Her precise, unflinching prose captures a pivotal moment in American history when the center could not hold, creating a work that remains as relevant and powerful today as it was groundbreaking fifty years ago.
DETAILS
• Author: Joan Didion
• Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
• Format: Paperback