The Haunted Life - by Jack Kerouac (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>"In late 1944, under rather mysterious circumstances, aspiring writer Jack Kerouac lost a novella-length manuscript titled The Haunted Life. Set in Galloway, a fictionalized version of Kerouac's hometown of Lowell, Massachusetts, the coming-of-age story of Peter Martin-a character based on the author's recently departed friend Sebastian Sampas-tackles the pressing issues of the day. At home in the working-class town the summer before his sophomore year at Boston College, Peter finds himself conflicted. Like many Americans, Peter is unsure, suspended between the economic crisis of the previous decade and the impending US entry into World War II. In The Haunted Life, Peter struggles to define what he believes to be intellectually true and worthy of his life and talents. Skillfully edited by Todd F. Tietchen, assistant professor of English at the University of Massachusetts-Lowell, The Haunted Life is rounded out by sketches, notes, and reflections Kerouac kept during the novella's composition as well as a revealing selection of correspondence with his father, Leo. "--<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>In 1944 under circumstances that remain rather mysterious an aspiring writer named Jack Kerouac lost a novella-length manuscript title "The Haunted Life," a coming-of-age story set in his hometown of Lowell, Massachusetts.</p><p>Kerouac set his fictional treatment of Peter Martin against the backdrop of the everyday. Peter is heading into his sophomore year at Boston College, and while home for the summer in Galloway he struggles with the pressing issues of his day--the economic crisis of the previous decade and what appears to be the impending entrance of the United States into the Second World War.<br /> <br /> <em>The Haunted Life</em> is rounded out by sketches, notes, and reflections Kerouac kept during the novella's composition, as well as a revealing selection of correspondence with his father, Leo Kerouac.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><b>Praise for <i>The Haunted Life</i></b> <p/><b>12 Spring Books Not To Miss, <i>Library Journal</i></b> <p/>Provides an exciting look into Kerouac's formative years--<b><i>Los Angeles Review of Books</i></b> <p/>A very satisfying introduction to Kerouac's attempts at finding his voice and vision as a writer--<b><i>Providence Sunday Journal</i></b> <p/><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>Jack Kerouac</b> was born in 1922 in Lowell, Massachusetts. The best-known of his many works, <i>On the Road</i>, published in 1957, was an international bestseller. He died in St. Petersburg, Florida, at the age of forty-seven. <p/><b>Todd F. Tietchen</b> is an Assistant Professor of English at the University of Massachusetts, Lowell, where he teaches courses in Beat writing and contemporary American literature. He is the author of <i>The Cubalogues: Beat Writers in Revolutionary Havana</i>, along with numerous articles on American art, literature, and intellectual history.
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