Desolation Angels
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2012
Penguin Classics (Verlag)
978-0-14-119826-2 (ISBN)
Penguin Classics (Verlag)
978-0-14-119826-2 (ISBN)
Tells the story of the legendary road trip that Jack Kerouac took before the publication of "On the Road", told through the persona of Jack Duluoz and accompanied by his thinly-disguised Beat cohorts Allen Ginsberg, Gregory Corso and William Burroughs.
'One of the most true, comic and grizzly journeys in American literature' Time
Desolation Angels is the wild and soulful story of the legendary road trip that Jack Kerouac took before the publication of On the Road, told through the persona of Jack Duluoz and accompanied by his thinly-disguised Beat cohorts Allen Ginsberg, Gregory Corso and William Burroughs. As they hitch, hop freight trains, walk and talk their way across the world, from California to Mexico, London to Paris and on to opium-ridden Tangiers, Kerouac chronicles their poetry, partying, mountain vigils and spiritual contemplation with unsurpassable energy and humanity.
'Nerve-jangling, sentimental, sincere and funny' Sunday Times
'One of the most true, comic and grizzly journeys in American literature' Time
Desolation Angels is the wild and soulful story of the legendary road trip that Jack Kerouac took before the publication of On the Road, told through the persona of Jack Duluoz and accompanied by his thinly-disguised Beat cohorts Allen Ginsberg, Gregory Corso and William Burroughs. As they hitch, hop freight trains, walk and talk their way across the world, from California to Mexico, London to Paris and on to opium-ridden Tangiers, Kerouac chronicles their poetry, partying, mountain vigils and spiritual contemplation with unsurpassable energy and humanity.
'Nerve-jangling, sentimental, sincere and funny' Sunday Times
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 and also in The Subterraneans and The Dharma Bums. His other works include Big Sur, Desolation Angels, Lonesome Traveler, Visions of Gerard, Tristessa, and a book of poetry called Mexico City Blues. Jack Kerouac died in 1969.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 3.5.2012 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Penguin Modern Classics |
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 130 x 198 mm |
| Gewicht | 279 g |
| Themenwelt | Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen |
| ISBN-10 | 0-14-119826-5 / 0141198265 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-14-119826-2 / 9780141198262 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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