Selected Letters, 1957-1969

Kerouac, Jack; Charters, Ann (editor)

ISBN 10: 0670861901 / ISBN 13: 9780670861903

Edité par Viking, New York, 1999

A propos de cet article

Large octavo in blue DJ, xxvii, 514 pages; 25 cm. "Written between 1957, the year of the publication of On the Road, to one day before his death in 1969 at the age of forty-seven, Kerouac's letters tell his own story through his candid and voluminous correspondence to friends, confidants, and editors - from Allen Ginsberg, Gary Snyder, and Malcolm Cowley to Joyce Johnson, Philip Whalen, and Lawrence Ferlinghetti. These letters explore Kerouac's development as a writer and document his travels, his love affairs, and his complicated family life as well as reveal how the onslaught of publicity and often hostile criticism after the publication of On the Road literally destroyed him, leading to mental exhaustion and spiritual discouragement. Offering insights into the mind and life of a giant of the American literary landscape, Jack Kerouac Selected Letters 1957-1969 is a contribution to the understanding of the artist and his work."--Jacket. Kerouac, Jack, 1922-1969 -- Correspondence. Extremely mild wear to spine head and foot, extremely gentle rubbing to corners, bright pages in tight binding, faint rubbing to DJ corners, DJ spine head, and foot, light soiling to DJ, else Near Fine(+) to Fine in Near Fine(+) DJ. First edition, first printing (full number line).

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: Selected Letters, 1957-1969
• Éditeur: Viking, New York
• Date de parution: 1999
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0670861901
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780670861903
• Reliure: Hardcover
• Édition: Edition originale
• État de l'article: Near Fine(+)
• État de la jaquette: Jaquette
• Catalogues du vendeur:
  • Literature, Fiction, Drama & Poetry

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Synopsis

Written between 1957 and two days before his death in 1969, Kerouac's letters tell his own story through his candid and voluminous correspondence to friends and confidants - from Malcolm Cowley Allen Ginsberg to John Clellon Holmes and Sterling Lord. Here, Kerouac explores his development as a writer and reveals how the onslaught of publicity and criticism after the publication of On the Road nearly destroyed him. In the second and final volume of this life-in-letters, Ann Charters, renowned Kerouac biographer, features selected lettters that illuminate the latter years of this iconic writer - the years of fame, alcoholism and disillusionment.

À propos de l?auteur

Jack Kerouac was born in Lowell, Massachusetts, in 1922. His first novel, The Town and the City, was published in 1950 and On the Road in 1957. He died in St Petersburg, Florida, in 1969 at the age of forty-seven.