{"product_id":"slouching-towards-bethlehem-essays-9780374531386","title":"Slouching Towards Bethlehem: Essays","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e Celebrated, iconic, and indispensable, Joan Didion's first work of nonfiction, \u003ci\u003eSlouching Towards Bethlehem\u003c\/i\u003e, is considered a watershed moment in American writing. First published in 1968, the collection was critically praised as one of the \"best prose written in this country.\"\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMore than perhaps any other book, this collection by one of the most distinctive prose stylists of our era captures the unique time and place of Joan Didion's focus, exploring subjects such as John Wayne and Howard Hughes, growing up in California and the nature of good and evil in a Death Valley motel room, and, especially, the essence of San Francisco's Haight-Ashbury, the heart of the counterculture. As Joyce Carol Oates remarked: \"[Didion] has been an articulate witness to the most stubborn and intractable truths of our time, a memorable voice, partly eulogistic, partly despairing; always in control.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Joan Didion\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Farrar, Straus and Giroux\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/28\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.22h x 5.54w x 0.77d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780374531386\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJoan Didion's\u003c\/b\u003e many books include \u003ci\u003eThe Year of Magical Thinking\u003c\/i\u003e, for which she received the National Book Award. She lives in New York City.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Farrar, Straus and Giroux","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":39822590312563,"sku":"9780374531386","price":16.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_ebd0568d-0550-4574-bf20-c245c730bad0.jpg?v=1644523626","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/slouching-towards-bethlehem-essays-9780374531386","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}