The Portable Jack Kerouac - (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>Jack Kerouac is one of the most widely read and profoundly influential writers in the American canon. This one-volume omnibus, planned by the author himself before his death and completed by his biographer, is a rich and potent distillation of the writer's genius, and will astonish those readers only familiar with On the Road.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><b>The definitive Kerouac collection-now in Penguin Classics</b> <p/> To coincide with the 50th anniversary celebration of <i>On the Road</i>, Penguin Classics republishes this landmark collection. <i>The Portable Jack Kerouac</i> made clear the ambition and accomplishment of Kerouac's Legend of Duluoz-the story of his life told in his many true story novels. Featuring selections from Kerouac's autobiographical fiction, as well as from his poetry, criticism, Buddhist writings, and letters, <i>The Portable Jack Kerouac</i> offers a total immersion in an American master. <p/>For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents 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.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>Kerouac's work represents the most extensive experiment in language and literary form undertaken by an American writer of his generation.<br> -<i>The New York Times Book Review</i><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>Jack Kerouac (1922-1969)</b>, the central figure of the Beat Generation, was born in Lowell, Massachusetts, in 1922 and died in St. Petersburg, Florida, in 1969. Among his many novels are <i>On the Road</i>, <i>The Dharma Bums</i>, <i>Big Sur</i>, and <i>Visions of Cody</i>. <p/>Ann Charters is the editor of <b><i>The Portable Sixties Reader</i></b>, <b><i>The Portable Jack Kerouac</i></b>, two volumes of Jack Kerouac's <b><i>Selected Letters</i></b>, and <b><i>Beat Down to Your Soul</i></b>. She teaches at the University of Connecticut.
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