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Jack Kerouac
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.Photo by USGov (National Archives) [Public domain],... show more



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.Photo by USGov (National Archives) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons.

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Birth date: March 12, 1922
Died: October 21, 1969
Category:
Contemporary, Fiction, Poetry
Jack Kerouac's Books
On the Road - Jack Kerouac The Dharma Bums - Jack Kerouac Big Sur - Jack Kerouac, Aram Saroyan The Subterraneans - Jack Kerouac Desolation Angels - Jack Kerouac, Joyce Johnson Maggie Cassidy - Jack Kerouac Scattered Poems - Jack Kerouac Lonesome Traveler - Jack Kerouac And the Hippos Were Boiled in Their Tanks - Jack Kerouac, William S. Burroughs Dr. Sax - Jack Kerouac Pomes All Sizes - Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg Visions of Gerard - Jack Kerouac Tristessa - Jack Kerouac, Aram Saroyan Book of Blues - Jack Kerouac, Robert Creeley On the Road: The Original Scroll - Jack Kerouac, Joshua Kupetz, George Mouratidis, Penny Vlagopoulos City Lights Pocket Poets Anthology - Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Jerome Rothenberg, Nicanor Parra, Robert Nichols, Anselm Hollo, Malcolm Lowry, Frank O’Hara, Philip Lamantia, Bob Kaufman, Janine Pommy-Vega, Charles Upton, Kenneth Rexroth, Pablo Picasso, Robert Bly, Diane di Prima, Jack Kerouac, Andrei Voznesensk Visions of Cody - Jack Kerouac Vanity of Duluoz: An Adventurous Education, 1935-46 - Jack Kerouac Satori in Paris & Pic - Jack Kerouac Mexico City Blues: 242 Choruses - Jack Kerouac
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On the Road - Jack Kerouac
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On the Road (Audio) - Jack Kerouac, Tom Parker
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Jack Kerouac's readers
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Chris' Fish Place
Chris' Fish Place rated it 5 years ago
text When people talk about not liking poetry, they think of these
Which kinda says it all doesn't it. Well, another hole in the my English degree education filled. The haikus were okay, but I think those were translations.
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AZukowski
AZukowski rated it 6 years ago
text The Dharma Bums
Another re-read. Still can't get into Kerouac.
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Misericordia
Misericordia rated it 7 years ago
text On the Road
Not sure if this is going to remain a DNF, or what...The book is unreadable and in places plain incoherent. Some of the imagery is nauseating while some is beautiful, daunting and well-felt out. And I have to admit that I can't help hating the stupid protagonists without a single healthy brain cell ...
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Philosophical Musings of a Book Nerd
Philosophical Musings of a Book Nerd rated it 7 years ago
text The Birth of Modern America
One of the main reasons that I decided to read this book, other than the fact that it happens to be a modern classic, is because I was reading an article in a Christian magazine that was complaining about how this book, and the motor car in general, is responsible for the promiscuous, permissive, an...
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philoSophie
philoSophie rated it 8 years ago
text Lonesome Traveler
And I saw how everybody dies and nobody's going to care. I felt how it is to live just so you can die like a bull trapped in a screaming human ring.Το απόσπασμα δίνει ακριβώς τον τόνο της μελαγχολίας που διατρέχει όλα τα διηγήματα της συγκεκριμένης συλλογής. Με την επιθυμία της φυγής, του ταξιδιού, ...
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