Book
The White Album
Essays
Joan Didion
Farrar Straus & Giroux · Print & ebook · November 10, 2009
Reading lane: American Art
First published in 1979, Joan Didion's The White Album records indelibly the upheavals and aftermaths of the 1960s.
At a Glance
Why This Clicks
Culture in Fragments
These essays meet the upheavals of the 1960s with lucid prose and a searching, personal perspective.
Come here for
- A sharp lens on mass culture, from Charles Manson to the shopping mall
- Precise, assured writing that leaves room for spiritual confusion
Expect
- American reportage shaped by personal reflection
- Essays attentive to an era’s upheavals and aftermaths
Book Details
- Authors
- Joan Didion
- Publisher
- Farrar Straus & Giroux
- Published
- November 10, 2009
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- American Art · American Lit Crit
- Reading lane
- American Art
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About This Book
First published in 1979, Joan Didion's The White Album records indelibly the upheavals and aftermaths of the 1960s. Examining key events, figures, and trends of the era—including Charles Manson, the Black Panthers, and the shopping mall—through the lens of her own spiritual confusion, Joan Didion helped to define mass culture as we now understand it. Written with a commanding sureness of tone and linguistic precision, The White Album is a central text of American reportage a...
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