Satori in Paris

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 A semi-autobiographical tale of Kerouac's own trip to France, to trace his ancestors and explore his own understanding of the Buddhism that came to define his beliefs.

Product details

• Authors: Jack Kerouac
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 01.03.2012
• EAN: 9780141198231
• ISBN: 978-0-14-119823-1
• No. of pages: 112
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 6 mm
• Series: Modern Classics; Penguin Modern Classics; Penguin Modern Classics; Penguin Classics
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; FICTION / Biographical, FICTION / Literary, TRAVEL / Europe / France, Beat style, Paris (City), c 1960 to c 1969, Biographical fiction, Brittany: Places of interest