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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 814.54
EAN: 9780374521721
ISBN: 0374521727
Label: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Manufacturer: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 238
Publication Date: October 01, 1990
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Sales Rank: 44158
Studio: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
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Product Description:
Universally acclaimed when it was first published in 1968, Slouching Towards Bethlehem has become a modern classic. More than any other book of its time, this collection captures the mood of 1960s America, especially the center of its counterculture, California. These essays, keynoted by an extraordinary report on San Francisco's Haight-Ashbury, all reflect that, in one way or another, things are falling apart, "the center cannot hold." An incisive look at contemporary American life, Slouching Towards Bethlehem has been admired for several decades as a stylistic masterpiece.
Contents:
I. LIFE STYLES IN THE GOLDEN LAND
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
II. PERSONALS
On Keeping a Notebook
On Self-Respect
I Can't Get That Monster out of My Mind
On Morality
On Going Home
III. SEVEN PLACES OF THE MIND
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
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All these years later, this book still sells because the writing is just superb. If you're in an MFA or other program, honing your skill as an essayist, this book is a must for your library.
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I study English in Denmark and we were told to read Play It As It Lays and that just made me hungry for more books from Didion and I was not disapointed. Her writing style is unique and the book is a classic a must-read when it comes to a description of contemporary American life.
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I originally chose to read this book because it was written by Joan Didion. I found it was a mistake quite soon. At least for me. When I decided to read the book, I thought that it was one long piece. It is not. It is a series of essays on topics ranging from keeping a notebook ("On Keeping a Notebook") to the loose marriages in Las Vegas (Marrying Absurd). Some are as short as a couple pages some are closer to twenty, but most are in between.
I accredit Joan Didion as a wonderful writer and ... Read More
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This book starts out citing W.B. Yeats and Peggy Lee, co-equals in esteem and regard. Yeats and his slouching towards Bethlehem, "Turning and turning in the widening gyre / The falcon cannot hear the falconer; Things fall apart; the center cannot hold...And What rough best, its hour come round at last, Slouches towards Bethlehem to be born?" and this lovely gem from Miss Peggy, "I learned courage from Buddha, Jesus, Lincoln, Einstein, and Cary Grant." And what a unique dichotomy to start out a unique ... Read More
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I had read Joan Didion's essays written in the sixties and covering a variety of topics when they were first published. I was pleased to see that this book was still available at a reasonable cost. Having just finished rereading it, I found that her views were insightful, honest and often humorous, and the one written about he 'flower children' in the Haight with the same title as the book was even prophetic. I was inspired to share it with my blog readers, most of whom were children in the sixties. Her ... Read More
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