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Tristessa. Illustrated

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Tristessa by Jack Kerouac is a haunting and poetic novella that delves into themes of love, suffering, and spiritual longing. Set in Mexico City, the story centers on Tristessa, a morphine-addicted woman whom Kerouac's narrator (a version of himself) loves with a melancholic intensity. Through his relationship with Tristessa, the narrator reflects on life, addiction, and the spiritual search for ... Read more

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Tristessa by Jack Kerouac is a haunting and poetic novella that delves into themes of love, suffering, and spiritual longing. Set in Mexico City, the story centers on Tristessa, a morphine-addicted woman whom Kerouac's narrator (a version of himself) loves with a melancholic intensity. Through his relationship with Tristessa, the narrator reflects on life, addiction, and the spiritual search for
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Vanity of Duluoz

An Adventurous Education, 1935–46

by Jack Kerouac, Jim Sampas ...

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8 hours 23 min

Written in 1967 from the vantage point of the psychedelic sixties, Vanity of Duluoz is a fascinating portrait of the artist as a young man.This book presents the formative years in the life of Jack Duluoz—Kerouac’s alter ego—beginning with his high school experiences as a sporting jock in small-town New England and his time at Columbia University on a football scholarship. Just as Jack’s glamorous ... Read more

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Written in 1967 from the vantage point of the psychedelic sixties, Vanity of Duluoz is a fascinating portrait of the artist as a young man.This book presents the formative years in the life of Jack Duluoz—Kerouac’s alter ego—beginning with his high school experiences as a sporting jock in small-town New England and his time at Columbia University on a football scholarship. Just as Jack’s glamorous
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On the Road

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Jack Kerouac’s classic American novel of freedom and the search for originality that defined a generation“An authentic work of art.”—The New York TimesInspired by Jack Kerouac’s adventures with Neal Cassady, On the Road tells the story of two friends whose cross-country road trips are a quest for meaning and true experience. Written with a mixture of sad-eyed naïveté and wild abandon and imbued ... Read more

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Jack Kerouac’s classic American novel of freedom and the search for originality that defined a generation“An authentic work of art.”—The New York TimesInspired by Jack Kerouac’s adventures with Neal Cassady, On the Road tells the story of two friends whose cross-country road trips are a quest for meaning and true experience. Written with a mixture of sad-eyed naïveté and wild abandon and imbued
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Maggie Cassidy. Illustrated

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Jack Kerouac’s Maggie Cassidy is a semi-autobiographical coming-of-age novel that offers a tender and nostalgic look at first love and adolescence. Set in the 1930s in a small Massachusetts town, the novel follows Jack Duluoz (Kerouac's alter ego) as he experiences the highs and lows of his teenage years, including his passionate yet fragile romance with Maggie Cassidy, a local girl. With its ... Read more

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Jack Kerouac’s Maggie Cassidy is a semi-autobiographical coming-of-age novel that offers a tender and nostalgic look at first love and adolescence. Set in the 1930s in a small Massachusetts town, the novel follows Jack Duluoz (Kerouac's alter ego) as he experiences the highs and lows of his teenage years, including his passionate yet fragile romance with Maggie Cassidy, a local girl. With its
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The Dharma Bums

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Jack Kerouac’s classic novel about friendship, the search for meaning, and the allure of nature“In [On the Road] Kerouac’s heroes were sensation seekers; now they are seekers after truth . . . the novel often attains a beautiful dignity.”—Chicago TribuneFirst published in 1958, a year after On the Road put the Beat Generation on the map, The Dharma Bums stands as one of Jack Kerouac’s most ... Read more

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Jack Kerouac’s classic novel about friendship, the search for meaning, and the allure of nature“In [On the Road] Kerouac’s heroes were sensation seekers; now they are seekers after truth . . . the novel often attains a beautiful dignity.”—Chicago TribuneFirst published in 1958, a year after On the Road put the Beat Generation on the map, The Dharma Bums stands as one of Jack Kerouac’s most
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Doctor Sax

by Jack Kerouac, Jim Sampas ...

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Doctor Sax is a haunting novel of deeply felt adolescence.Jack Kerouac tells the story of Jack Duluoz, a French-Canadian boy growing up in Kerouac’s own birthplace, the dingy factory town of Lowell, Massachusetts. There, Doctor Sax, with his flowing cape, slouched hat, and insinuating leer, is chief among the many ghosts and demons that populate Jack’s fantasy world.Deftly mingling memory and ... Read more

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Doctor Sax is a haunting novel of deeply felt adolescence.Jack Kerouac tells the story of Jack Duluoz, a French-Canadian boy growing up in Kerouac’s own birthplace, the dingy factory town of Lowell, Massachusetts. There, Doctor Sax, with his flowing cape, slouched hat, and insinuating leer, is chief among the many ghosts and demons that populate Jack’s fantasy world.Deftly mingling memory and
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The Sea Is My Brother

The Lost Novel

by Jack Kerouac ...

A reserved academic joins a salt-of-the-earth sailor for a tour of duty with the Merchant Marines in this early lost novel by the author of On the Road ."[ The Sea Is My Brother ] offers plenty of disarming insights into who Kerouac was as a person and writer before he slipped behind the mask of Beat Generation Zen-master . . . The book is enjoyable." — <stro... ... Read more

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A reserved academic joins a salt-of-the-earth sailor for a tour of duty with the Merchant Marines in this early lost novel by the author of On the Road ."[ The Sea Is My Brother ] offers plenty of disarming insights into who Kerouac was as a person and writer before he slipped behind the mask of Beat Generation Zen-master . . . The book is enjoyable." — <stro...
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Visions of Gerard

by Jack Kerouac, Jim Sampas ...

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3 hours 28 min

The first book in Kerouac’s Duluoz Legend, a novella detailing the writer’s early life as refracted through the prism of the untimely loss of his brotherUnique among Jack Kerouac’s novels, Visions of Gerard captures the scenes and sensations of earliest childhood, the first four years in the life of Ti Jean Duluoz as they unfold in the short, tragic-happy life of his brother, Gerard. Set in ... Read more

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The first book in Kerouac’s Duluoz Legend, a novella detailing the writer’s early life as refracted through the prism of the untimely loss of his brotherUnique among Jack Kerouac’s novels, Visions of Gerard captures the scenes and sensations of earliest childhood, the first four years in the life of Ti Jean Duluoz as they unfold in the short, tragic-happy life of his brother, Gerard. Set in
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The Town and the City

A Novel

by Jack Kerouac ...

A quintessential American family is pulled apart by war and the rapidly changing tides of society in Jack Kerouac's captivating first novelPublished seven years before his iconic On the Road, Jack Kerouac's debut novel follows the experiences of one family as they navigate the seismic cultural shifts following World War II. Inspired by Kerouac's own New England youth, the eight Martin children ... Read more

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A quintessential American family is pulled apart by war and the rapidly changing tides of society in Jack Kerouac's captivating first novelPublished seven years before his iconic On the Road, Jack Kerouac's debut novel follows the experiences of one family as they navigate the seismic cultural shifts following World War II. Inspired by Kerouac's own New England youth, the eight Martin children
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Big Sur

by Jack Kerouac ...

Jack Kerouac's Big Sur is a raw, introspective novel that captures the turbulent aftermath of fame and the existential crisis of a man seeking solace in isolation. Written in Kerouac's signature spontaneous prose, the book follows his alter ego, Jack Duluoz, as he retreats to a remote cabin in Big Sur, California, hoping to escape the pressures of literary success and the self-destructive cycle of ... Read more

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Jack Kerouac's Big Sur is a raw, introspective novel that captures the turbulent aftermath of fame and the existential crisis of a man seeking solace in isolation. Written in Kerouac's signature spontaneous prose, the book follows his alter ego, Jack Duluoz, as he retreats to a remote cabin in Big Sur, California, hoping to escape the pressures of literary success and the self-destructive cycle of
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Visions of Gerard

A Novel

by Jack Kerouac ...

The first novella in Jack Kerouac's Duluoz Legend, detailing the writer’s early life as refracted through the prism of the untimely loss of his brother“The earliest and most heartfelt chapter of Kerouac’s fictionalized autobiography.”—Ann Charters“His life . . . ended when he was nine and the nuns of St. Louis de France Parochial School were at his bedside to take down his dying words because they ... Read more

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The first novella in Jack Kerouac's Duluoz Legend, detailing the writer’s early life as refracted through the prism of the untimely loss of his brother“The earliest and most heartfelt chapter of Kerouac’s fictionalized autobiography.”—Ann Charters“His life . . . ended when he was nine and the nuns of St. Louis de France Parochial School were at his bedside to take down his dying words because they
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Visions of Cody

by Jack Kerouac ...

“To read On the Road but not Visions of Cody is to take a nice sightseeing tour but to forgo the spectacular rapids of Jack Kerouac’s wildest writings.”—The New York Times Book Review“The centerpiece of all [Kerouac’s] novels.”—The Washington PostOriginally written in 1951–1952, Visions of Cody was an underground classic by the time it was finally published in 1972, three years after Kerouac’s de. ... Read more

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“To read On the Road but not Visions of Cody is to take a nice sightseeing tour but to forgo the spectacular rapids of Jack Kerouac’s wildest writings.”—The New York Times Book Review“The centerpiece of all [Kerouac’s] novels.”—The Washington PostOriginally written in 1951–1952, Visions of Cody was an underground classic by the time it was finally published in 1972, three years after Kerouac’s de.
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