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Kerouac
Maher, Paul; Amram, David
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Description for Kerouac
Hardcover. Based on original archival research and dozens of interviews, Kerouac is a fresh, compelling, and substantive critical reassessment of Kerouac's brief and often chaotic life. Num Pages: 484 pages, 24 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 2ABM; BG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 165 x 44. Weight in Grams: 953.
This is the authoritative biography of legendary writer, poet, and Beat Generation icon Jack Kerouac (1922-1969), whose novel On the Road catapulted him to the forefront of the literary world and influenced budding writers for generation to come. Here, Paul Maher offers not a linear study of Kerouac's life, but an integrated pastiche of his life and work. He investigates the key relationships that affected his development as an artist, including his three wives, numerous girlfriends, and beloved mother. He also provided insight into Kerouac's spontaneous prose, with its echoes of jazz, in The Subterraneans, The Dharma Bums, Big Sur, ... Read more
This is the authoritative biography of legendary writer, poet, and Beat Generation icon Jack Kerouac (1922-1969), whose novel On the Road catapulted him to the forefront of the literary world and influenced budding writers for generation to come. Here, Paul Maher offers not a linear study of Kerouac's life, but an integrated pastiche of his life and work. He investigates the key relationships that affected his development as an artist, including his three wives, numerous girlfriends, and beloved mother. He also provided insight into Kerouac's spontaneous prose, with its echoes of jazz, in The Subterraneans, The Dharma Bums, Big Sur, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Taylor Trade Publishing United States
Number of pages
484
Condition
New
Number of Pages
484
Place of Publication
Lanham, United States
ISBN
9780878333059
SKU
V9780878333059
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Reviews for Kerouac
Tune in, all you desolation angels and dharma bums, and turn on to Paul Maher's jazzy bio of Kerouac
Vanity Fair
A useful piece in a difficult puzzle.... sheds new light on a writer of considerable interest.
Eric C. Shoaf
Library Journal
Fit testimony to a tumultuous life.
Bob Trimble
The Greenville News ... Read more
Vanity Fair
A useful piece in a difficult puzzle.... sheds new light on a writer of considerable interest.
Eric C. Shoaf
Library Journal
Fit testimony to a tumultuous life.
Bob Trimble
The Greenville News ... Read more