The White Album: Essays
Joan Didion
First published in 1979, Joan Didion's The White Album records indelibly the upheavals and aftermaths of the 1960s. Examining key events, figures, and trends of the era—including Charles Manson, the Black Panthers, and the shopping mall—through the lens of her own spiritual confusion, Joan Didion helped to define mass culture as we now understand it. Written with a commanding sureness of tone and linguistic precision, The White Album is a central text of American reportage and a classic of American autobiography.
- Author
- Joan Didion
- Original title
- The White Album
- Edition published
- November 10, 2009
- First published
- January 1, 1979
- Publication year
- 2009
- First published
- 1979
- Goodreads rating
- 4.01/5 from 53,412 ratings and 6,455 reviews
- Purchased
- July 12, 2020 · kindle
- Publisher
- FSG Adult
- Edition
- Kindle Edition · 224 pages
- Language
- English
- Genres
- Nonfiction, Essays, Memoir, Classics, History, Journalism, Biography, American, Book Club, Short Stories
- Awards
- National Book Critics Circle Award · General Nonfiction · nominee · 1979; National Book Award Finalist · General Nonfiction (Paperback) · winner · 1981
- ISBN
- 9780374532079
- Added
- July 12, 2020
- Times read
- 1
- Owned copies
- 1
- Goodreads
- Book record
- Canonical URL
- /books/the-white-album-essays-1592d7be