books by Jack Kerouac     books:       Big Sur46 reviews Jack Kerouac Flamingo, 2001 Kerouac's most honest novel. Kerouac pulled no internal punches with this one. He's there, at his worst in many ways, but the sordid tale is beautifully told. How he makes something so depressing and painful into a work of pure beauty is almost magical. No one had ever done fiction quite like Jack Kerouac, and no one has since been able to duplicate that style, or even ape it effectively. BIG SUR is one of the top four of ...             On the Road: The Original Scroll (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)25 reviews Jack Kerouac Penguin Classics, 2008 In a Class by Itself I mean, it's hard to write a review of something that people are stil trying to figure out exactly what it is, poem, novel, autobiography, jazz riff, all the above. It was great to see the unedited, unchanged version with original names and some relatively (to our times) tame sexual themata. I whizzed right through it trying to capture to wild ride Kerouac was on while writing this single ...             Desolation Angels37 reviews Jack Kerouac Riverhead Books, 1995 Timid Before God Jack Kerouac's 'Desolation Angels', written about a period of his life roughly 10 years before his death, acts as a nice bridge between 'On The Road' (which was awaiting publication during the course of events described in "Angels") and a subsequent publication, Big Sur, both of which I've read. During his two month self-imposed exile to work as a fire ranger on Desolation Peak, Jack Kerouac ...             The Americans26 reviews Robert Frank Grossman Publishers, an Aperture Book, 1969 The definitive "The Americans" We're lucky to have this edition. Robert Frank is an old man with health issues now. That he is healthy enough to oversee this work is wonderful. Everything about this edition - especially in comparison to the 2007 Delpine edition I purchased earlier this year - is first-rate. I wish I had known this was coming out! The book is a little smaller than the Delpine, but that's the only real ...             On the Road (Penguin Great Books of the 20th Century)623 reviews Jack Kerouac Penguin (Non-Classics), 1999 The Day After Superman Died I began this book with weary thoughts, suspecting some Beatles, hippie mumbo jumbo about life, love and drugs. I was right but also dead wrong. After reading it I can fully understand why this is thought of as the definitive read from the beat generation. It's basically a crazed story on life on the road, of two friends who for a brief period becomes soul mates and experiences the real world ...             The Dharma Bums150 reviews Jack Kerouac Blackstone Audiobooks, 1991 Back to the future Now in 2008 I'm older then Kerouac ever became. But that's not important. When I first read the book I was nineteen, now I'm fifty nine. I still love the book and the writer and the characters. Of course Japhy and Han Shan and Ray. The search for wisdom, love, poetry, nature , living a pure life is from all times: Han Shan, Garry Schnyder, Jack Keouac in his best periode, no alcohol, no paranoia.             On the Road: 50th Anniversary Edition10 reviews Jack Kerouac Viking Adult, 2007 Ultimate Version of a Classic redone Everything old is new again! I remember reading Jack Kerouac immortal novel of a road trip when I was in high school. About ten years later, I heard a Rhino record collection of Kerouac reading abridged cuts from his novel with Steve Allen (yes, author/actor/former Tonight show host) playing piano in the background. About five years later, Durkin Hayes audio had David (Kung Fu) Carradine ...             On the Road (Penguin Classics)38 reviews Jack Kerouac Penguin Classics, 2002 So that is what the fuss is about Oftentimes I've heard so much about a writer's amazing talent only to be disappointed when I get around to reading his/her work. Ayn Rand falls into this category to a degree and Bukowski falls all the way into it--but not Kerouac. I don't know if Jack captured the heartbeat of a generation. I don't know if Jack motivated even one person to actually get "on the road". I do know that this is ...             Jack Kerouac: Road Novels 1957-1960: On the Road / The Dharma Bums / The Subterraneans / Tristessa / Lonesome ...9 reviews Jack Kerouac Library of America, 2007 What a great collection! Thank you Library of America for this wonderful collection. to reviewer sky, I don't think you really know Kerouac's background when you characterize him as one of the "con-men, impostors, poseurs, and talentless hacks". he was actually quite a serious - yet at the same time anguished - person; he drank himself to death because he couldn't handle the fame. amazing what one NYT review can do. ...             The Dharma Bums (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)8 reviews Jack Kerouac Penguin Classics, 2006 Kerouac's Lyrical and Prophetic Musings A few decades down the road from its publication, Jack Kerouac's The Dharma Bums seems positively prophetic. The book tells of Kerouac's adventures with his Beat-Generation bohemian cohorts in '50s America, and we can see how they and other hipsters of the time paved the way for the social and cultural revolutions of the following decades. Originally published in 1958, the book covers events ...             Visions of Cody23 reviews Jack Kerouac Penguin (Non-Classics), 1993 How To Read The Tape Transcripts... Yes, at first I thought the tape transcripts were just a lot of useless padding to fill out Jack's book. Boy, was I wrong! Here's how to read them: 1. Get a couple of Charley Parker albums (Bird and Diz will do nicely.) 2. Procure a jug of red wine and a joint. 3. Put on Bird, pour a glass of wine, and just relax with the music for a while. 4. Take a few tokes. Drink more wine. Get a ...             The Subterraneans (An Avon book)41 reviews Jack Kerouac Avon Pub, 1959 A Great Work by Kerouac The Subterraneans is a wonderfully written masterpiece. Having finished it, I can hardly bring myself to read any other author because the images are not as fresh. Kerouac paints a picture, or rather opens a window, to allow the modern reader to view what it was in the Beat generation. Written from the point of view of the author, this book gives an interesting perspective on not only his ...             On The Road, Classics of Modern Literature (Classics of Modern Literature (CML)) Jack Kerouac Penguin, 2007             Dr. Sax Jack Kerouac Grove Press / Black Cat Evergreen, 1975             The Portable Jack Kerouac (Penguin Classics)3 reviews Jack Kerouac Penguin Classics, 2007 WILD, WEIRD, WONDERFUL--- AND WOOLLY AND WOOZY, GRANTED that the selections are a mishmash of Kerouac styles, and at times misuse words with a kind of tender haughtiness and screw you if you don't like it but this is what I bruit. Bruit? But at his best Kerouac time and again tells us of that railroad earth and trains rolling under October skies and rushes up our noses with piney phrases that would raise gooseflesh on Thomas Wolfe. What's ...             THE DHARMA BUMS (FLAMINGO MODERN CLASSICS) JACK KEROUAC FLAMINGO, 1994             And the Hippos Were Boiled in Their Tanks William S. Burroughs, Jack Kerouac Grove Press, 2008 More than sixty years ago, William S. Burroughs and Jack Kerouac sat down inNew York City to write a novel about the summer of 1944, when one of their friends killed another in a moment of brutal and tragic bloodshed. The two authors were then at the dawn of their careers, having yet to write anything of note. Alternating chapters and narrators, Burroughs and Kerouac pieced together a hard-boiled tale of bohemian New York during World War II, ...             Wake Up: A Life of the Buddha Jack Kerouac Viking Adult, 2008 An account of the life of the Buddha by the author of On the Road Though raised Catholic, in the early 1950s Jack Kerouac became fascinated with Buddhism, an interest that would have a profound impact on his ideas of spirituality and their expression in his writing from Mexico City Blues to The Dharma Bums . Published for the first time in book form, Wake Up is Kerouac’s retelling of the story of Prince Siddhartha Gautama, who as a ...             The Town and the City13 reviews Jack Kerouac Harvest Books, 1970 Kerouac's Best This is Jack Kerouac's first novel, written when he was in his early twenties. "On the Road" brought him fame, but I think this is one is his best. The characters are all real and complex, particualrly one of the brothers of the large Martin family named Francis, who feels society is the enemy. The book is set in a fictional town which is based upon Kerouac's hometown of Lowell, Massachusetts. ...              search for books 1957-1960, america, americans, angels, anniversary, boiled, buddha, century, classics, deluxe, desolation, dharma, edition, flamingo, hippos, journal, kerouac, library, literature, lonesome, modern, novels, original, penguin, portable, selections, subterraneans, traveler, tristessa, visions books:    Kindle - Amazon's New Wireless Reading Device This is the future of book reading. I have used it and love it! randomly chosen kitchen: Imusa Rectangular Broom with Plastic Coated Stick home  impressum - about us