Description
2019 Reprint of 1962 Edition. Coming down from his carefree youth and unwanted fame, Jack Kerouac undertakes a mature confrontation of some of his most troubling emotional issues: a burgeoning problem with alcoholism, addiction, fear, and insecurity. He dutifully records his ever-changing states of consciousness, which culminate in a powerful religious experience. Big Sur was written sometime after Jack Kerouac's best-known works, following a visit to northern California and the first feelings of midlife crisis. Kerouac stayed for several weeks in a cabin in Big Sur, California, and with friends in San Francisco. Upon returning home, he wrote this account in a two-week period. Critic Richard Meltzer referred to Big Sur as Kerouac's 'masterpiece, and one of the great, great works of the English language."
Author: Jack Kerouac
Publisher: Martino Fine Books
Published: 02/26/2019
Pages: 244
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.84lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.55d
ISBN13: 9781684223169
ISBN10: 1684223164
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Literary
- Fiction | Classics
- Fiction | Psychological
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