Memory Babe – A Critical Biography of Jack Kerouac - Softcover

Nicosia, Gerald

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0520085698 ISBN 13: 9780520085695

Publisher: University of California Press, 1994

Synopsis

In 1969 Jack Kerouac died a premature death. While his legendary lifestyle and unique creative talent made him a hero in his lifetime, his literary influence has grown steadily since. With Memory Babe (a childhood nickname honoring Kerouac's feats of memory), Gerald Nicosia gives us a complete biography of Jack Kerouac--an honest, discriminating and, above all, compassionate assessment. This edition is enhanced by many rare photographs never before published.

About this title

Review:

"["Memory Babe] meshes well with Kerouac's own books, paraphrasing them, putting their story in chronological order and fleshing out the autobiographical legend."--Morris Dickstein, "New York Times Book Review

About the Author:

Gerald Nicosia is a poet, fiction writer, playwright, and historian. While still a work-in-progress, Memory Babe earned him the Distinguished Young Writer Award from the National Society of Arts and Letters. He is currently at work on Home to War: A History of the Vietnam Veterans' Movement.

About this edition

• Publisher: University of California Press
• Publication date: 1994
• ISBN 10: 0520085698
• ISBN 13: 9780520085695
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 786