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Slouching towards Bethlehem : essays  Cover Image Book Book

Slouching towards Bethlehem : essays / Joan Didion.

Didion, Joan, (author.).

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781250160652
  • ISBN: 1250160650
  • Physical Description: xxv, 354 pages ; 15 cm.
  • Edition: First Picador Modern Classics Edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Picador Modern Classics, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2017.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references.
Formatted Contents Note:
Some dreamers of the golden dream -- John Wayne : a love song -- Where the kissing never stops -- Comrade Laski, C.P.U.S.A. (M.-L.) -- 7000 Romaine, Los Angeles 38 -- California dreaming -- Marrying absurd -- Slouching towards Bethlehem -- On keeping a notebook -- On self-respect -- I can't get that monster out of my mind -- On morality -- On going home -- Notes from a native daughter -- Letter from Paradise, 21°19' N., 157°52' W -- Rock of ages -- The seacoast of despair -- Guaymas, Sonora -- Los Angeles notebook -- Goodbye to all that.
Summary, etc.:
American novelist Joan Didion's first volume of nonfiction essays, first published in 1968, consisting of twenty works that reflect the atmosphere in America during the 1960s, especially in California.
Subject: California > Social life and customs > 20th century.
Hippies > California > San Francisco.
Genre: Essays.

Available copies

  • 4 of 4 copies available at GRPL.

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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Main 814.54 D562s 2017 (Text) 31307023520291 Non Fiction Available -
Main 814.54 D562s 2017 (Text) 31307026270464 Non Fiction Available -
Seymour 814.54 D562s 2017 (Text) 31307026270456 Non Fiction Available -
West Leonard 814.54 D562s 2017 (Text) 31307026270449 Non Fiction Available -

Summary: American novelist Joan Didion's first volume of nonfiction essays, first published in 1968, consisting of twenty works that reflect the atmosphere in America during the 1960s, especially in California.

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