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ISBN10: 0140168125
ISBN13: 9780140168129
Publisher: Penguin Books
Published: Jun 1 1992
Pages: 256
Weight: 0.39
Height: 0.47 Width: 5.04 Depth: 7.76
Language: English
ISBN13: 9780140168129
Publisher: Penguin Books
Published: Jun 1 1992
Pages: 256
Weight: 0.39
Height: 0.47 Width: 5.04 Depth: 7.76
Language: English
A poignant masterpiece of wrenching personal expression from the acclaimed author of On the Road
In many ways, particularly in the lyrical immediacy that is his distinctive glory, this is Kerouac's best book . . . certainly he has never displayed more 'gentle sweetness.'--San Francisco Chronicle Jack 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.
In many ways, particularly in the lyrical immediacy that is his distinctive glory, this is Kerouac's best book . . . certainly he has never displayed more 'gentle sweetness.'--San Francisco Chronicle Jack 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.
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