Jack Kerouac Visions of Cody (Penguin Modern Classics)

Informationen zum Autor Jack Kerouac was born in Lowell, Massachusetts, in 1922. Educated by Jesuit brothers in Lowell, he decided to become a writer at age seventeen and developed his own writing style, which he called 'spontaneous prose'. He used this technique to record the life of the American 'traveler' and the experiences of the Beat Generation, most memorably in On the Road and also in The Subterraneans and The Dharma Bums. His other works include Big Sur , Desolation Angels, Lonesome Traveler, Visions of Gerard, Tristessa , and a book of poetry called Mexico City Blues . Jack Kerouac died in 1969. Klappentext Jack Kerouac (1922 - 1969) was an American novelist, poet, artist and part of the Beat Generation. Most of his life was spent in the vast landscapes of America or living with his mother, with whom he spent most of his life. Kerouac's best known works are On the Road and The Dharma Bums. Zusammenfassung Offers an examination of the author's own New York life. Transcribing taped conversations between members of their group as they took drugs and drank, this book reveals a portrait of people caught up in destructive relationships with substances, and one another.

Product details

• Authors: Jack Kerouac
• Publisher: Penguin Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.03.2012
• EAN: 9780141198224
• ISBN: 978-0-14-119822-4
• No. of pages: 480
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 200 mm x 20 mm
• Weight: 330 g
• Series: Penguin Classics; Modern Classics; Penguin Modern Classics; Penguin Modern Classics; Penguin Classics
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; New York City, FICTION / Biographical, FICTION / Friendship, FICTION / Visionary & Metaphysical, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / American / General, Beat style, c 1950 to c 1959, Biographical fiction, Religious and spiritual fiction, Religious & Spiritual Fiction