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The Portable Jack Kerouac

The Portable Jack Kerouac

Kerouac, Jack
Charters, Ann

Paperback

Classic FictionLiterary Fiction

ISBN10: 014310506X
ISBN13: 9780143105060
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Published: Sep 1 2007
Pages: 656
Weight: 1.01
Height: 1.21 Width: 5.18 Depth: 7.68
Language: English
This definitive Kerouac collection--the only anthology of his work ever published--is an essential introduction to one of the country's most influential writers.

Kerouac's work represents the most extensive experiment in language and literary form undertaken by an American writer of his generation.--The New York Times Book Review

This one-volume omnibus, planned by Kerouac himself before his death and completed by his biographer, Ann Charters, makes clear the ambition and accomplishment of Jack Kerouac's Legend of Duluoz--the story of his life told in the course of his many true-story novels. As Kerouac once wrote, The whole thing forms one enormous comedy, seen through the eyes of poor Ti Jean (me), otherwise known as Jack Duluoz, the world of raging action and folly and also of gentle sweetness seen through the keyhole of his eye.

This compilation presents selections from the Legend of Duluoz novels, in chronological order, from Dr. Sax to On the Road to Big Sur, and also includes poetry, letters, and essays on Buddhism, writing, and the Beat Generation. The Portable Jack Kerouac offers a total immersion in the mind of an American master.

Penguin Classics is the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world, representing a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

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