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" Big Sur / "
Jack Kerouac ; [foreword by Aram Saroyan].
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BL
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1038504
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b792874
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| Main Entry
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Kerouac, Jack,1922-1969.
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| Title & Author
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Big Sur /\ Jack Kerouac ; [foreword by Aram Saroyan].
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| Publication Statement
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New York :: Penguin Books,, 1992.
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vi, 241 pages ;; 20 cm
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| ISBN
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0140168125
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: 0143126415
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: 9780140168129
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: 9780143126416
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| Abstract
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Coming down from his carefree youth and unwanted fame, Jack Kerouac undertakes a mature confrontation of some of his most troubling emotional issues: a burgeoning problem with alcoholism, addiction, fear, and insecurity. He dutifully records his ever-changing states of consciousness, which culminate in a powerful religious experience. Big Sur was written some time after Jack Kerouac's best-known works, following a visit to northern California and the first feelings of midlife crisis. Kerouac stayed for several weeks in a cabin in Big Sur, California, and with friends in San Francisco. Upon returning home, he wrote this account in a two-week period. Critic Richard Meltzer referred to Big Sur as Kerouac's 'masterpiece, and one of the great, great works of the English language.'
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Alcoholic psychoses, Fiction.
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Beats (Persons), Fiction.
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Alcoholic psychoses.
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Beats (Persons)
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| Dewey Classification
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813/.54
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| LC Classification
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PS3521.E735B5 1992
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17.97bcl
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18.06bcl
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