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Synopsis
Beat Generation is a play about tension, about friendship, and about karma—what it is and how you get it. It begins one fine morning with a few friends, honest laborers some of them, some close to being down-and-out, passing around a bottle of wine. It ends with a kind of satori-like reaffirmation of the power of friendship, of doing good through not doing, and the intrinsic worth of the throwaway little exchanges that make up our lives. Written in 1957, the same year that On the Road was first published, and set in 1953, Beat Generation portrays an authentic and alternate 1950s America. Kerouac's characters are working-class men and women—a step away from vagrants, but not a big step. Their dialogue positively sings, suggesting jazz riffs in their rhythm and content, and Kerouac, like a master composer, arranges it to magical effect. Here is the heart and soul of the beat mentality, the zeitgeist that blossomed over the decades and eventually culminated in the counter-culture of 1960s America. It's a spirit that still lives.
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About the Author
Jack Kerouac is one of America's most beloved and widely read authors. His ON THE ROAD helped shape what our country is today. As each new generation of Americans comes of age, his fan base expands.
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Beat Generation
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. Light wear to boards. Content is clean and bright. Good DJ with some edge wear and creasing. Seller Inventory # 9999-999104880556
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Thunder's Mouth Press, 2005
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Thunder's Mouth Press, 2005
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ISBN 13: 9781560257424
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Thunder's Mouth Press, 2005
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Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. Written in 1957, the same year that On the Road was first published, and set in 1953, Beat Generation portrays an authentic and alternate 1950s America. Robert Frank's movie, Pull My Daisy is based on one of the acts. This publication first printing dated October 2005. Like new. Size: 5½" - 8". book. Seller Inventory # 273477
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Beat Generation
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Thunder's Mouth Press, New York, 2005
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Seller: Bibliodisia Books (soon BookFort), Chicago, IL, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. First Edition. With the '1' in a number line. First publication of this long lost original play by the Beat writer and author of ON THE ROAD. A pristine copy, clean and unmarked. Seller Inventory # P-23497
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Beat Generation
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Thunder 's Mouth Press, New York, 2005
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. Introduction by A.M. Homes. From the script library of playwright Brian Gore, with his stamp on the endpaper and no other marks. First publication of this lost work by Kerouac, a play set in the 1950's world of the Beat writers. Fine, clean and unmarked. Seller Inventory # P-26562