Description: “Slouching Towards Bethlehem” by Joan Didion. With a picture selection by Hilton Als. Bound in blocked textured paper printed with a portrait of Joan Didion by Don Bachardy, 2024. Slipcase included. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ What’s it about? Slouching Towards Bethlehem is Joan Didion's seminal essay collection in which she narrates the political and social climate of 1960s America through the unique lens that would soon establish her as a supreme chronicler of American life. In 20 crackingly sharp essays, Didion addresses the beauty, ugliness and fragility of the decade: the slippage of the Californian Dream; the hippy counterculture of Haight-Ashbury in San Francisco; the recent case of a California suburban housewife who, one night when they ran out of milk, set fire to her husband; a Las Vegas wedding chapel; a millionaire bunkered in his mansion, and a handful of personal pieces including musings about returning home to Sacramento for a family visit and a beautiful elegy for her younger self on first going to live in New York. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Condition: The book is unopened and still wrapped. Slip case has damage from transport. Please see photos as an additional condition description. Some photos in listing are folio society stock photos. This book is not in perfect condition. Reference ID: 1223FSNFSSE202411
Price: 89.95 USD
Location: Dayton, Ohio
End Time: 2024-10-09T22:03:09.000Z
Shipping Cost: 7.13 USD
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Binding: Leather
Language: English
Signed: No
Author: Joan Didion
Publisher: Folio Society