Selected Letters: 1957-1969 - Hardcover

Kerouac, Jack

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0670861901 ISBN 13: 9780670861903

Publisher: Viking, 2000

Synopsis

Written between 1957 and two days before his death in 1969, Kerouac's letters tell his own story through his candid and voluminous correspondence to friends and confidants - from Malcolm Cowley Allen Ginsberg to John Clellon Holmes and Sterling Lord. Here, Kerouac explores his development as a writer and reveals how the onslaught of publicity and criticism after the publication of On the Road nearly destroyed him. In the second and final volume of this life-in-letters, Ann Charters, renowned Kerouac biographer, features selected lettters that illuminate the latter years of this iconic writer - the years of fame, alcoholism and disillusionment.

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Review:

"Reveals the boldness and originality of Kerouac's artistic vision."
--The Boston Globe

"It remains clear from his later letters that Kerouac understood what he was doing as a writer. He consistently explains his aesthetic, his plan to create the Duluoz Legend of books, and the essentially benign charity of his vision."
--San Francisco Chronicle

"Rambunctious and energetic . . . the letters convey the genius of that special American type--the perpetual motion man."
--The Washington Post

"Kerouac's letters and early stories supplement his legend, providing a fuller portrait of a true American original."
--The Boston Globe

Synopsis:

Written between 1957 and two days before his death in 1969, Jack Kerouac's letters tell his own story through his candid and voluminous correspondence to friends and confidants - from Malcolm Cowley and Allen Ginsberg to John Clellon Holmes and Sterling Lord. Here, Kerouac explores his development as a writer and reveals how the onslaught of publicity and criticism after the publication of "On the Road" nearly destroyed him.

About this edition

• Publisher: Viking
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0670861901
• ISBN 13: 9780670861903
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 544