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Genre/Form: | Correspondence Personal correspondence Correspondance privée Briefsammlung 1957-1969 Correspondance |
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Named Person: | Jack Kerouac; Jack Kerouac; Jack Kerouac |
Material Type: | Biography |
Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Jack Kerouac; Ann Charters |
ISBN: | 0140296158 9780140296150 0670861901 9780670861903 |
OCLC Number: | 45629857 |
Notes: | Includes index. Originally published in hardcover by Viking Penguin, 1999. |
Description: | xxx, 576 pages ; 20 cm |
Other Titles: | Correspondence. Jack Kerouac, selected letters |
Responsibility: | Jack Kerouac ; edited with an introduction and commentary by Ann Charters. |
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"Reveals the boldness and originality of Kerouac's artistic vision." The Boston Globe"It remains clear from his later letters that Kerouac understood what he was doing as a writer. He consistently explains his aesthetic, his plan to create the Duluoz Legend of books, and the essentially benign charity of his vision." San Francisco Chronicle"Rambunctious and energetic . . . the letters convey the genius of that special American type the perpetual motion man." The Washington Post"Kerouac's letters and early stories supplement his legend, providing a fuller portrait of a true American original." The Boston Globe Read more...


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