The White Album
First published in 1979, The White Album is a mosaic of the late sixties and seventies. It includes, among other bizarre artifacts and personalities, the dark journeys and impulses of the Manson family, a Balck Panther Party press conference, the story of John Paul Getty's museum, the romance of...
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First published in 1979, The White Album is a mosaic of the late sixties and seventies. It includes, among other bizarre artifacts and personalities, the dark journeys and impulses of the Manson family, a Balck Panther Party press conference, the story of John Paul Getty's museum, the romance of water in an arid landscape, and the swirl and confusion of the sixties. With commanding sureness of mood and language, Joan Didion exposes the realities and dreams of that age of self-discovery whose spiritual center was California.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780374522216 (0374522219)
ASIN: 374522219
Publish date: October 1st 1990
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pages no: 224
Edition language: English
Category:
Classics,
Non Fiction,
Autobiography,
Memoir,
Writing,
Essays,
History,
Literature,
American,
20th Century,
Journalism,
Short Stories
my enjoyment of this depended on how much I agreed with whatever joan didion was writing about, with a boost from my love of the excellent cover design. These are personal essays, so they don't really attempt a balanced opinion, more like the conversation of a smart friend who doesn't let you talk a...
my enjoyment of this depended on how much I agreed with whatever joan didion was writing about, with a boost from my love of the excellent cover design. These are personal essays, so they don't really attempt a balanced opinion, more like the conversation of a smart friend who doesn't let you talk a...
Loved most of what I read, which was the majority of the book, but some of it was of no interest to me. However, her writing is magnificent. I loved the titled essay and it was heartwarming to again revisit the 60's and early 70's with Joan Didion as my guide. Her picture on the back of the hardcove...
Didion is just so damned good.
ms. didion exorcises her angst by dissecting her life and society in the most clinical, intellectualized way possible. well i suppose that technique must work for someone. a modern classic, still relevant and probably will remain so forever. but not exactly an endearing experience.
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