Penguin Classics: In alternating chapters that reveal a nascent period in their development as two of the twentieth... Zobraziť viac
Kerouac's last published novel, Pic is an endearing portrait of a road trip across America, seen through the eyes of one innocent, adventurous boy. 'Pic', or Pictorial Review Jackson, is a ten-year-old boy from North Carolina. When his grandfather dies... Zobraziť viac
An experimental novel which remained unpublished for years, Visions of Cody is Kerouac's fascinating examination of his own New York life, in a collection of colourful stream-of-consciousness essays... Zobraziť viac
Penguin Classics: Five decades after it was first published, Jack Kerouac's seminal Beat novel On the Road finally finds its... Zobraziť viac
The legendary 1951 scroll draft of "On the Road," published as Kerouac originally composed it In Three Weeks i in April of 1951, Jack Kerouac wrote his first full draft of "On the Road" typed as a single-spaced paragraph on eight long sheets ... Zobraziť viac
Published just one year after "On The Road", this is the story of two men engaged in a passionate search for Dharma or truth. Their major adventure is the pursuit of the Zen Way, which takes them climbing into the High Sierras ... Zobraziť viac
Mal als blinder Passagier auf alten Güterzügen, mal zu Fuß in dünnen Stoffschuhen ist Ray Smith (Kerouac) unterwegs durch Kalifornien - ein wenig ziellos, bis er auf Japhy... Zobraziť viac
Kerouac's debut novel is a great coming of age story which can be read as the essential prelude to his later classics. Inspired by grief over his father's death and gripped by determination to write the Great American Novel, he draws largely on his own... Zobraziť viac
Contemporary / American EnglishOne of the most famous American books of the century.Love, jazz, and excitement! These are all part of Sal Paradise’s adventures “on the road” with wild friend Dean Moriarty, and their crazy companions... Zobraziť viac
Jack Kerouac called Doctor Sax, the enigmatic figure who haunted his boyhood imagination, 'my ghost, personal angel, private shadow, secret lover'. In this extraordinary autobiographical account of growing up in Lowell, Massachussetts, told through his... 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
