The Town and the City: Jack Kerouac (Penguin Modern Classics)

The Town and the City: Jack Kerouac (Penguin Modern Classics)

by Douglas Brinkley (Introduction), Douglas Brinkley (Introduction), Jack Kerouac (Author)

Synopsis

'It is the sum of myself, as far as the written word can go' - Kerouac on "The Town and the City". Kerouac's debut novel is a great coming of age story which can be read as the essential prelude to his later classics. Inspired by grief over his father's death and gripped by determination to write the Great American Novel, he draws largely on his own New England childhood.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 512
Edition: Revised ed.
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Published: 03 Feb 2000

ISBN 10: 0141182237
ISBN 13: 9780141182230

Author Bio
The author of a number of a hugely influential and popular novels - including ON THE ROAD and DHARMA BUMS - Jack Kerouac is remembered as one of the key figures of the legendary Beat generation.