{"product_id":"the-white-album-9780374532079","title":"The White Album","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFirst published in 1979, Joan Didion's \u003ci\u003eThe White Album \u003c\/i\u003erecords indelibly the upheavals and aftermaths of the 1960s. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eExamining 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, \u003ci\u003eThe White Album\u003c\/i\u003e is a central text of American reportage and a classic of American autobiography.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJoan Didion\u003c\/b\u003e (1934-2021) was the National Book Award-winning author of many works of fiction and nonfiction. After earning a Bachelor's degree in English at the University of California, Berkeley, she started her literary career writing articles and essays for \u003ci\u003eVogue\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMademoiselle\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLife\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Saturday Evening Post\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eNational Review\u003c\/i\u003e, establishing herself as a prominent member of the New Journalism movement. Her books include \u003ci\u003eThe White Album\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePlay It As It Lays\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eSlouching Towards Bethlehem\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eShortlisted for the Pulitzer Prize, Didion's revelatory memoir \u003ci\u003eThe Year of Magical Thinking\u003c\/i\u003e was adapted as a one-woman stage show starring Vanessa Redgrave on Broadway. She also wrote several screenplays with her husband John Gregory Dunne, including \u003ci\u003ePanic in Needle Park\u003c\/i\u003e with Al Pacino, the second remake of \u003ci\u003eA Star is Born\u003c\/i\u003e with Barbra Streisand and Kris Kristofferson, and an adaptation of her own \u003ci\u003ePlay It As It Lays\u003c\/i\u003e with Tuesday Weld and Anthony Perkins.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Farrar, Straus and Giroux","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50575326478610,"sku":"9780374532079","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_f2041c25-2318-48f1-8ccd-86f3e718839d.jpg?v=1731979826","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-white-album-9780374532079","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}