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The Haunted Life
Jack Kerouac
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Description for The Haunted Life
Paperback. Peter Martin, a college track star determined to idle away what he knows will be one of his last innocent summers in his tranquil New England home town. But with the war escalating in Europe and his two closest friends both plotting their escapes, he realizes how sheltered his upbringing has been. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 25. Weight in Grams: 160.
The Haunted Life is the coming-of-age story of Peter Martin, a college track star determined to idle away what he knows will be one of his last innocent summers in his tranquil New England home town. But with the war escalating in Europe and his two closest friends both plotting their escapes, he realizes how sheltered his upbringing has been. As he surveys the competing influences of his youth, he struggles to determine what might lead to an intellectually authentic life.
The Haunted Life is ultimately a meditation on intellectual truth, male friendship and the desire for movement ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Series
Penguin Modern Classics
Condition
New
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780141394091
SKU
V9780141394091
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99-28
About Jack Kerouac
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 ... Read more
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