Kerouac, Jack 1922-1969

Doctor Sax : Faust part three by Jack Kerouac( Book )
44 editions published between 1900 and 2007 in English and held by 1,224 libraries worldwide
Jack Duluoz, a French-Canadian boy growing up in the factory town of Lowell, Massachusetts, is haunted throughout his adolescence by Dr. Sax, a cryptic, hipster phantom.

The town and the city by Jack Kerouac( Book )
50 editions published between 1950 and 2001 in 6 languages and held by 1,159 libraries worldwide
The town er Galloway in Massachusetts, hvor Martin-familiens 5 sønner og 3 døtre vokser op i begyndelsen af 1900-tallet, og The city er New York, byen, der tiltrækker dem alle.

And the hippos were boiled in their tanks by William S Burroughs( Book )
17 editions published between 2008 and 2010 in English and Spanish and held by 1,159 libraries worldwide
"On August 14, 1944, Lucien Carr, a friend of William S. Burroughs from St. Louis, stabbed a man named David Kammerer with a Boy Scout knife and threw his body in the Hudson River. For eight years, Kammerer had fawned over the younger Carr, but that night something happened: either Carr had had enough or he was forced to defend himself." "The next day, his clothes stained with blood, Carr went to his friends Bill Burroughs and Jack Kerouac for help. Doing so, he involved them in the crime. A few months later, they were caught up in the crime in a different way." "Something about the murder captivated the Beats, especially Kerouac and Burroughs, who decided to collaborate on a novel about the events of the previous summer. At the time, the two authors were still unknown, yet to write anything of note. Narrating alternating chapters, they pieced together a hard-boiled tale of bohemian New York during World War II, full of drugs and art, obsession and violence, with scenes and characters drawn from their own lives." "They submitted their manuscript - called And the Hippos Were Boiled in Their Tanks after an absurd line from a radio bulletin about a circus fire - to publishers, but it was rejected and confined to a filing cabinet for decades. Finally published, at long last, And the Hippos Were Boiled in Their Tanks tells the story of Ramsay Allen and the object of his fixation, the charismatic, idealistic young Phillip Tourian. Phillip and his friends drink and dream in the bars and apartments of the West Village, until, with his friend Mike Ryko (Kerouac's narrator), he hatches a plan to ship out as a merchant marine. They'll catch a boat for France and jump ship, then make their way through the front to Paris.".

Book of dreams by Jack Kerouac( Book )
41 editions published between 1960 and 2008 in 7 languages and held by 1,129 libraries worldwide
"Book of Dreams is Jack Kerouac's record of his dream life, a parallel autobiography of the soul, the sleeper's On the Road."--BOOK JACKET.

Satori in Paris by Jack Kerouac( Book )
71 editions published between 1966 and 2010 in 11 languages and held by 1,086 libraries worldwide
Book expresses deep emotion of the Buddhist culture.

Selected letters, 1940-1956 by Jack Kerouac( Book )
15 editions published between 1995 and 2000 in English and French and held by 1,081 libraries worldwide
Les lettres réunies ici donnent la mesure de ce que Kerouac est en train de révéler dans une solitude quasi absolue, dont on ne peut trouver l'exemple aux Etats-Unis que chez Poe et Melville avant lui : pressentiment de l'achèvement de la culture et de la clôture de l'espace américain, renouvellement de la littérature conçue comme action secrète et angélique.

Some of the dharma by Jack Kerouac( Book )
11 editions published between 1997 and 2000 in English and French and held by 1,078 libraries worldwide
Written during a critical period of his life, Some of the Dharma is a key volume in Jack Kerouac's vast autobiographical canon. He began writing it in 1953 as reading notes on Buddhism intended for his friend, poet Allen Ginsberg. As Kerouac's Buddhist study and meditation practice intensified, what had begun as notes evolved into a vast and all-encompassing work of nonfiction into which he poured his life, incorporating poems, haiku, prayers, journal entries, meditations, fragments of letters, ideas about writing, overheard conversations, sketches, blues, and more. The final manuscript, completed in 1956, was as visually complex as the writing: each page was unique, typed in patterns and interlocking shapes. The elaborate form which Kerouac so painstakingly gave the book on his manual typewriter is re-created in this typeset facsimile.

Atop an Underwood : early stories and other writings by Jack Kerouac( Book )
8 editions published between 1999 and 2000 in English and held by 1,070 libraries worldwide
An anthology of early stories by the poet of the Beat generation. Topics range from his time in Columbia University, from which he was expelled, to an excerpt from a novel which is based on his service in the merchant marine.

Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg : the letters by Jack Kerouac( Book )
7 editions published between 2010 and 2011 in English and held by 1,049 libraries worldwide
The first collection of letters between the two leading figures of the Beat movement. Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg are the most celebrated names of the Beat Generation, linked together not only by their shared artistic sensibility but also by a deep and abiding friendship, one that colored their lives and greatly influenced their writing. Editors Bill Morgan and David Stanford shed new light on this intimate and influential friendship in this fascinating exchange of letters, two thirds of which have never been published before. Commencing in 1944 while Ginsberg was a student at Columbia University and continuing until shortly before Kerouac's death in 1969, the two hundred letters included in this book provide profound insight into their lives and their writing. While not always in agreement, Ginsberg and Kerouac inspired each other spiritually and creatively, and their letters became a vital workshop for their art.--From publisher description.

Maggie Cassidy by Jack Kerouac( Book )
77 editions published between 1959 and 2009 in 8 languages and held by 959 libraries worldwide
Analyse : Roman d'amour. Roman de société.