{"product_id":"slouching-towards-bethlehem","title":"Slouching Towards Bethlehem","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eSlouching Towards Bethlehem\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eJoan Didion\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9780374622411\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eFarrar, Straus and Giroux\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2026\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e256\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eNew from the publisher\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe essential portrait of America in the sixties, by the acclaimed author of \u003ci\u003eThe Year of Magical Thinking.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMore than a half century after its publication in 1968, Joan Didion's \u003ci\u003eSlouching Towards Bethlehem\u003c\/i\u003e remains an essential portrait of America--and California in particular--during the sixties. This collection, which was Didion's nonfiction debut, is a bold announcement of one of the most distinctive prose stylists of our era and includes pieces exploring such subjects as John Wayne and Howard Hughes; growing up in California; the nature of good and evil in a Death Valley motel room; and San Francisco's Haight-Ashbury, the heart of the counterculture. The power of Didion's essays only grows over time, owing to her stature as \"an articulate witness to the most stubborn and intractable truths of our time, a memorable voice, partly eulogistic, partly despairing; always in control\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Farrar, Straus and Giroux","offers":[{"title":"Slouching Towards Bethlehem | Joan Didion | Paperback | 9780374622411 | New | Essays 1752015","offer_id":49555915833496,"sku":"1752015","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/716-1UODOoL.jpg?v=1785013326","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/slouching-towards-bethlehem","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}