Big Sur
Penguin Modern Classics
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Big Sur
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Narrated by:
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Ethan Hawke
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By:
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Jack Kerouac
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Driven mad by three years of endless telegrams, phonecalls, mail, reporters and snoopers in the wake of his hugely successful novel On the Road, Jack Kerouac, 'King of the Beats', needs peace, quiet and sobriety: surrounded and outnumbered he has to 'get away to solitude again or die'. Amidst the wild beauty of the Californian landscape, Kerouac struggles to come to terms with his own myth and its malign impact upon his life. The result is a moving account of a man struggling with inner demons: blessed by great talent and cursed with an urge towards self-destruction - a path lined with double bourbons, Manhattans and scotch ...
'Kerouac's grittiest novel ... sensual and uninhibited' The New York Times
© Jack Kerouac 1962 (P) Penguin Audio 2021
Also.it.kept me engrossed th character were perfectly drawn and exciting.boy was it
The voice of.the sea
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the work itself is a crazy dreamlike look into Kerouac's life after his rise to fame. I wish he had of managed to quit the goofy booze, but sadly he didn't. His mom's letter about the passing of his cat was surprising when I thought about it in context with the passing of his brother. Finally, there was the surprising and hilarious revelation about the state of pretty much everyone's hygiene.
I could not recommend this highly enough. a must read/listen.
I loved it.
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