Atop an Underwood: Early Stories and Other Writings - Couverture souple

Kerouac, Jack

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0140296395 ISBN 13 : 9780140296396

Editeur : Penguin Publishing Group, 2000

Synopsis

Book by Kerouac Jack

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

Before Jack Kerouac expressed the spirit of a generation in his 1957 classic, On the Road, he spent years figuring out how he wanted to live and, above all, learning how to write. Atop an Underwood brings together more than sixty previously unpublished works that Kerouac wrote before he was twenty-two, ranging from stories and poems to plays and parts of novels, including an excerpt from his 1943 merchant marine novel, The Sea Is My Brother. These writings reveal what Kerouac was thinking, doing, and dreaming during his formative years, and reflect his primary literary influences. Readers will also find in these works the source of Kerouac's spontaneous prose style.

Uncovering a fascinating missing link in Kerouac's development as a writer, Atop an Underwood is essential reading for Kerouac fans, scholars, and critics.

Biographie de l'auteur :

Jack Kerouac(1922-1969), the central figure of the Beat Generation, was born in Lowell, Massachusetts, in 1922 and died in St. Petersburg, Florida, in 1969. Among his many novels are On the Road, The Dharma Bums, Big Sur, and Visions of Cody.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Penguin Publishing Group
• Date d'édition: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0140296395
• ISBN 13: 9780140296396
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 272