The tale of Kerouac\'s alter-ego, Vanity of Duluoz presents Jack Duluoz\'s high school experiences as a sporting jock in Massachusetts and his time at Columbia University on a football scholarship. Just as Jack\'s glamorous new adult life begins, so... Zobraziť viac
Based on Jack Kerouac's memories of the beloved older brother who died when he was a boy, it is unique among his novels for its dreamlike evocation of the sensations of childhood - its wisdom, anguish, intensity, innocence, joy and pain.... Zobraziť viac
Her name means sadness, yet Tristessa, a prostitute and morphine addict, lives without cares in her shabby room with a menagerie of pets and an altar to the Virgin Mary. Based on Jack Kerouac's own real-life love affair in Mexico city, this is the... Zobraziť viac
Dies ist das literarische Manifest einer Jugend, inmitten der 'schlechtesten der Welten' ein leidenschaftliches Bekenntnis zum 'glückseligen Leben' ablegte. Tempo, Jazz, Marihuana, Sex und Freiheit waren die Zauberwörter der Beatgeneration... Zobraziť viac
This semi-autobiographical tale of Kerouac's own trip to France, to trace his ancestors and explore his own understanding of the Buddhism that came to define his beliefs, contains some of Kerouac's most lyrical descriptions... Zobraziť viac
The Sea is My Brother is Jack Kerouac's very first novel, begun shortly after his tour as a merchant sailor in 1942. Lost during his lifetime, it is an intense portrait of friendship and brotherhood and a meditation ... Zobraziť viac
A celebrated return of Robert Frank’s seminal photobook,The Americans, to Aperture's catalog—one of the most important bodies of photographic work ever madeIn the nearly seven decades since its publication in France in 1958, and in the United States in... Zobraziť viac
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... Zobraziť viac
The Haunted Life is the coming-of-age story of Peter Martin, a college track star determined to idle away what he knows will be one of his last innocent summers in his tranquil New England home town... Zobraziť viac
In 1960 Jack Kerouac was near breaking point. Driven mad by constant press attention in the wake of the publication of On the Road, he needed to 'get away to solitude again or die', so he withdrew to a cabin in Big Sur on the Californian coast. The result Zobraziť viac
On the Road swings to the rhythms of 1950s underground America, jazz, sex, generosity, chill dawns and drugs, with Sal Paradise and his hero Dean Moriarty, traveller and mystic, the living epitome of Beat. Zobraziť viac
In spontaneous, direct, and concrete verses, the author confesses his joy in poetry and life. Zobraziť viac
On the Road swings to the rhythms of 1950s underground America, jazz, sex, generosity, chill dawns and drugs, with Sal Paradise and his hero Dean Moriarty, traveller and mystic, the living epitome of Beat... Zobraziť viac
Povídkový soubor Osamělý poutník je jakýmsi koncentrovaným výtažkem z Jacka Kerouaca. Svůj život na cestě po Spojených... Zobraziť viac
Je známo, že Kerouac se ve své tvorbě snažil o „spontánní psaní“. Legendární je skutečnost, že svůj román Na cestě psal na... Zobraziť viac
Slavný román, kterým Kerouac odstartoval hnutí beat generation. Zobraziť viac
Na ceste SK - Slovenský spisovateľ - Jazyk: SK - Vazba: Pevná bez přebalu lesklá - 264 str. - ISBN: 80-220-1384-6 - Kniha Zobraziť viac
Základný román beatnického hnutia s kritickým postojom k americkej civilizácii. Do extázy hrdinu putujúceho po USA, sa mieša túžba po lepšom živote, slobode a šťastí. Zobraziť viac
Pôvodné redaktormi a samotným autorom neupravované znenie legendárnej knihy - biblie celej beat generation. Text písal... Zobraziť viac
Legendárna biblia bítnickej generácie, jedna z najlepších kníh minulého storočia. Zobraziť viac
