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Summary: Essential Kerouac
Review: Though not my absolute favorite Kerouac novel, I can honestly say once again that I loved every bit of it(if you want some of my overall favorite Kerouac work, check out On The Road or The Dharma Bums). It was, though, one of the quickest flowing books to read. Big Sur grabs you and drags you vigorously through the psychotic barriers of Kerouac's impending insanity, and will not let go until you have completed the extremely intense final chapters. Kerouac also included at the end of the book a poem entitled "Sea" that he wrote while observing the ocean at Big Sur.Read Big Sur. It is an amazing work of literature, and is guaranteed to catch hold of you from the very first page. And if you enjoy this, do not stop there. I recommend anything with Jack Kerouac's name on the cover. Take my word. Also recommended: The Losers' Club by Richard Perez
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Summary: the truth, at last
Review: Were it not for this book I would have entirely scartched Kerouac off my list of folks worth reading. A perfect antidote to "on the Road," which in and of itself is not a bad book, but the subsequent novels spewed forth from the beat machine serve only to immortalize these annoying figures, and make me ill. "Big Sur" has the Kerouac hero buying a train ticket instead of hitch-hiking, and suffering from tremedous alcoholic delusions, while Neal Cassidy is fresh out of prision and even more insane (and inane.) At last the legendary hipsters are show for the human beings they were rather than gods to the late night bad-poetry eating coffee house crawlers. Enjoy.
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Summary: Felt it in my soul
Review: While I'm a fan of virtually any beat writers' works, I'm partial to books by Jack Kerouac. This one is the one that touched my soul the most. Worn down by alcohol and drugs, he bounces in and out of sanity, and everything he writes comes from the truest, rawest part of his pain. After reading this I took a roadtrip to Big Sur and even stopped in his old hangout, Nepenthe. I bought a journal there and started writing like mad. Thanks for the inspiration, Jack!
Rating:
Summary: Felt it in my soul
Review: While I'm a fan of virtually any beat writers' works, I'm partial to books by Jack Kerouac. This one is the one that touched my soul the most. Worn down by alcohol and drugs, he bounces in and out of sanity, and everything he writes comes from the truest, rawest part of his pain. After reading this I took a roadtrip to Big Sur and even stopped in his old hangout, Nepenthe. I bought a journal there and started writing like mad. Thanks for the inspiration, Jack!
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