Name: Big sur
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Author: Kerouac, Jack ; Saroyan, Aram
ISBN: 9780140168129

Type

Physical Book

Author

Jack Kerouac

Preface by

Aram Saroyan

Publisher

Penguin

Year

1992

Language

English

Pages

256

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

19.7 x 12.8 x 1.2 cm

Weight

0.18 kg.

ISBN

0140168125

ISBN13

9780140168129

Edition No.

Synopsis "Big sur "

A poignant masterpiece of wrenching personal expression from the author of On the Road and The Dharma Bums In this 1962 novel, Kerouac's alter ego Jack Duluoz, overwhelmed by success and excess, gravitates back and forth between wild binges in San Francisco and an isolated cabin on the California coast where he attempts to renew his spirit and clear his head of madness and alcohol. Only nature seems to restore him to a sense of balance. In the words of Allen Ginsberg, Big Sur "reveals consciousness in all its syntactic elaboration, detailing the luminous emptiness of his own paranoiac confusion."

Jack Kerouac

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Jack Kerouac (1922-1969), an emblematic figure of the Beat Generation, captured the spirit of the era in his novels. Notable works include “On the Road” (1957), a key work on travel and freedom, “The Dharma Bums” (1958), inspired by Buddhism, and “The Subterraneans” (1958), about bohemian life. Kerouac, also a poet, is recognized for his spontaneous prose.

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