num_pages: 188
description: 'Big Sur' is a moving account of a man coming to terms with his own myth, his own talent and his uncontrollable, unrelenting, self-destructive life. Now approaching middle-age, Jack Duluoz retreats to California to escape the pressures of his fame."
language: English
title: Big Sur
titlecomplete: Big Sur
genres: Fiction, American, The United States Of America, Literature, Classics, Novels, Travel, 20th Century, Literary Fiction, Modern Classics
ratings_count: 33935
places: Big Sur, California
series: Duluoz Legend
publisher: Harper Perennial