Road novels 1957-1960
By: Jack Kerouac ; [edited by Douglas Brinkley].
Contributors: Brinkley, Douglas.
Series: Library of America -- 174
Publisher: Library of America; Distributed to the trade in the U.S. by Penguin Putnam
Published: 2007
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 864
ISBN-13: 9781598530124
Subjects: Beat generation in literature
Other titles: Kerouac, road novels 1957-1960
Work titles: Novels.
Description: "In his portrayal of the fervent relationship between the writer Sal Paradise and his outrageous, exasperating, and inimitable friend Dean Moriarty, Kerouac created one of the great friendships in American literature; and his rendering of the cities and highways and wildernesses that his characters restlessly explore are a hallucinatory travelogue of a nation he both mourns and celebrates. Now, The Library of America collects On the Road together with four other autobiographical Toad books" published during a remarkable tour-year period." "The Dharma Bums (1958), at once an exploration of Buddhist spirituality and an account of the Bay Area poetry scene, is notable for its thinly veiled portraits of Kerouac's acquaintances, including Ginsberg, Gary Snyder, and Kenneth Rexroth. The Subterraneans (1958) recounts a love affair set amid the bars and bohemian haunts of San Francisco. Tristessa (1960) is a melancholy novella describing a relationship with a prostitute in Mexico City. Lonesome Traveler (1960) collects travel essays that evoke journeys in Mexico and Europe, and concludes with an elegiac lament for the lost world of the American hobo. Also included in Road Novels are selections from Kerouac's journal, which provide a fascinating perspective on his early impressions of material eventually incorporated into On the Road."--BOOK JACKET
Table of contents: title: On the road --; title: The dharma bums --; title: The subterraneans --; title: Tristessa --; title: Lonesome Traveler --; title: From the journals 1949-1954.