Windblown World
480 pages2006Penguin (Non-Classics)ISBN 9780143036067
Beat generationJournal intimeDiariesÉcrivains américainsAmerican AuthorsJournaux intimesBeats (Persons)Kerouac, jack, 1922-1969
About this book
Excerpts from his diaries chronicle a pivotal era in Kerouac's life, describing the creation of his first novel; his special friendships with Allen Ginsberg and Neal Cassady; and his own take on the events described in "On the Road."
Publication Details
- Publisher
- Penguin (Non-Classics)
- Published
- 2006
- Pages
- 480
- ISBN
- 9780143036067
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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