Subterraneans
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(4 ratings)2011Penguin Books, LimitedISBN 9780141912837
Beat GenerationFictionFiction in EnglishBeats (Persons)San francisco (calif.), fictionAmerican fiction (fictional works by one author)American fictionGeneración BeatNovelaNovela estadounidenseLiteratura estadounidenseAutores estadounidensesBeatniksRomans, nouvellesRoman américainBeats (persons)Beats (persons)--fictionPz3.k4596 suPs3521.e735Ps3521.e735 s9 1958b
About this book
The Subterraneans is a 1958 novella by Beat Generation author Jack Kerouac. It is a semi-fictional account of his short romance with an African American woman named Alene Lee (1931-1991) in New York in 1953. In the novel she is renamed "Mardou Fox," and described as a carefree spirit who frequents the jazz clubs and bars of the budding Beat scene of San Francisco. Other well-known personalities and friends from the author's life also appear thinly disguised in the novel. The character Frank Carmody is based on William Burroughs, and Adam Moorad on Allen Ginsberg. Even Gore Vidal appears as successful novelist Arial Lavalina. Kerouac's alter ego is named Leo Percepied, and his long-time friend Neal Cassady is mentioned only in passing as Leroy.
Publication Details
- Publisher
- Penguin Books, Limited
- Published
- 2011
- ISBN
- 9780141912837
About Unknown Author
Jack Kerouac was an American novelist and poet of French-Canadian ancestry. He is considered a literary iconoclast and, alongside William S. Burroughs and Allen Ginsberg, a pioneer of the Beat Generation Kerouac is recognized for his method of spontaneous prose. Thematically, his work covers topics such as Catholic spirituality, jazz, promiscuity, Buddhism, drugs, poverty, and travel. He became an underground celebrity and, with other beats, a progenitor of the hippie movement, although he remained antagonistic toward some of its politically radical elements.
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