num_pages: 499
description: “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.Kerouac draws on his New England mill-town boyhood to create the world of George and Marguerite Martin and their eight children, each endowed with an energy and a vision of life. The Town and the City is vividly drawn with poetic prose, lacking the stream-of-consciousness style of his later works. Fans of Kerouac as well as Steinbeck, will be enthralled by this dramatic family saga capped by a final scene that poignantly sets up On the Road.
language: English
title: The Town and the City
titlecomplete: The Town and the City
genres: Fiction, American, The United States Of America, Literature, Classics, Novels, Travel, 20th Century, Literary Fiction, Unfinished
ratings_count: 3621
series: Duluoz Legend
publisher: Mariner Books