num_pages: 192
description: Kerouac’s gritty, moving take on the destruction of his own myth, as the King of the Beats approaches middle age…Unmistakably autobiographical, Big Sur, Kerouac's ninth novel, was written as the King of the Beats was approaching middle age, and reflects his struggle to come to terms with his own myth. The magnificent and moving story of Jack Duluoz, a man blessed by great talent and cursed with an urge towards self-destruction, ‘Big Sur’ is at once Kerouac's toughest and his most humane work.
language: English
title: Big Sur
titlecomplete: Big Sur
genres: Classics, Travel, Fiction, The United States Of America, Modern Classics, Novels, 20th Century, Literature, Literary Fiction, American
ratings_count: 33931
places: Big Sur, California
series: Duluoz Legend
publisher: Flamingo