عنوان

Big Sur /

(Number (ISBN

0140168125

(Number (ISBN

0143126415

(Number (ISBN

9780140168129

(Number (ISBN

9780143126416

Number

b792874

Title Proper

Big Sur /

General Material Designation

[Book]

First Statement of Responsibility

Jack Kerouac ; [foreword by Aram Saroyan].

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

New York :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Penguin Books,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

1992.

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

vi, 241 pages ;

Dimensions

20 cm

Text of Note

Coming down from his carefree youth and unwanted fame, Jack Kerouac undertakes a mature confrontation of some of his most troubling emotional issues: a burgeoning problem with alcoholism, addiction, fear, and insecurity. He dutifully records his ever-changing states of consciousness, which culminate in a powerful religious experience. Big Sur was written some time after Jack Kerouac's best-known works, following a visit to northern California and the first feelings of midlife crisis. Kerouac stayed for several weeks in a cabin in Big Sur, California, and with friends in San Francisco. Upon returning home, he wrote this account in a two-week period. Critic Richard Meltzer referred to Big Sur as Kerouac's 'masterpiece, and one of the great, great works of the English language.'

Title

Big Sur.

Alcoholic psychoses, Fiction.

Beats (Persons), Fiction.

Alcoholic psychoses.

Beats (Persons)

Number

Edition

Class number

Book number

Class number

Class number

System Code

System Code

Kerouac, Jack,1922-1969.

Date of Transaction

20201207060644.0

Electronic name

[Book]

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