num_pages: 224
description: 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.
language: English
title: The White Album
titlecomplete: The White Album
genres: 20th Century, Essays, American, Biography, Womens, Classics, Nonfiction, History, Memoir, Journalism
ratings_count: 35182
awards: awardedAt: 284025600000
name: National Book Critics Circle Award
category: General Nonfiction, awardedAt: 347184000000
name: National Book Award Finalist
category: General Nonfiction (Paperback)
publisher: FSG Adult