Picture 1 of 1
Stock photo
Picture 1 of 1
Stock photo
Unknown Kerouac (LOA #283) : Rare, Unpublished and Newly Translated Writings by Jack Kerouac (2016, Hardcover)
Rarewaves USA CA (56962)
98.5% positive feedback
Price:
C $52.74
ApproximatelyRM 161.96
+ $3.99 shipping
Returns:
30 days return. Buyer pays for return shipping. If you use an eBay shipping label, it will be deducted from your refund amount.
Condition:
Oops! Looks like we're having trouble connecting to our server.
Refresh your browser window to try again.
About this product
Product Identifiers
PublisherLibrary of America, T.H.E.
ISBN-10159853498X
ISBN-139781598534986
eBay Product ID (ePID)12038695972
Product Key Features
Book TitleUnknown Kerouac (Loa #283) : Rare, Unpublished and Newly Translated Writings
Number of Pages504 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2016
TopicDiaries & Journals, American / General, Literary
IllustratorYes
GenreLiterary Criticism, Fiction, Biography & Autobiography, Literary Collections
AuthorJack Kerouac
Book SeriesLibrary of America Jack Kerouac Edition Ser.
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1 in
Item Weight18 Oz
Item Length8.1 in
Item Width5.2 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2016-934976
Dewey Edition23
TitleLeadingThe
Series Volume Number4
Dewey Decimal813.54
SynopsisThe Library of America continues its acclaimed Kerouac editions with this remarkable gathering of previously unpublished writings, including two novellas originally written in the French-Canadian dialect joual. This unprecedented collection offers intimate glimpses of the growth of Kerouac's mind and art, revealing him, for the first time, to have been essentially an immigrant writer, one whose extraordinary style emerged as a fusion of his native and adopted languages., In On the Road and other iconic works, Jack Kerouac created a quintessentially American voice and a revolutionary prose style. This remarkable gathering of previously unpublished writings reveals as never before the extraordinary literary journey that led to his phenomenal success--a journey with deep roots in the language and culture of Kerouac's French Canadian childhood. Edited and published with unprecedented access to the Kerouac archives, The Unknown Kerouac presents two lost novels, The Night Is My Woman and Old Bull in the Bowery , which Kerouac wrote in French during the especially fruitful years of 1951 and 1952. Discovered among his papers in the mid-nineties, they have been translated into English for the first time by Jean-Christophe Cloutier, who incorporates Kerouac's own partial translations. Also included are two journals from the heart of this same crucial period. In Private Philologies, Riddles, and a Ten-Day Writing Log , Kerouac recounts a brief stay in Denver--where he works on an early version of On the Road , reads dime novels, and even rides in a rodeo--and shows him contemplating writers like Chaucer and Joyce and playing with riddles and etymologies. Journal 1951 , begun during a stay in a Bronx VA hospital, charts, in ecstatic, moving, and self-revealing pages, the wave of insights and breakthroughs that led Kerouac to the most singular transformation of American prose style since Hemingway. This landmark volume is rounded out with the memoir Memory Babe , a poignant evocation of childhood play and reverie in a robust immigrant community, in which Kerouac uncannily retrieves and distills the subtlest sense impressions. And finally, in an interview with his longtime friend and fellow Beat John Clellon Holmes and in the late fragment Beat Spotlight Kerouac reflects on his meteoric career and unlooked for celebrity. LIBRARY OF AMERICA is an independent nonprofit cultural organization founded in 1979 to preserve our nation's literary heritage by publishing, and keeping permanently in print, America's best and most significant writing. The Library of America series includes more than 300 volumes to date, authoritative editions that average 1,000 pages in length, feature cloth covers, sewn bindings, and ribbon markers, and are printed on premium acid-free paper that will last for centuries., This remarkable gathering of previously unpublished writings shines new light on the On the Road author ' s life, from his French Canadian childhood to his meteoric rise to literary fame Edited and published with unprecedented access to the Kerouac archives, The Unknown Kerouac presents two lost novels, The Night Is My Woman and Old Bull in the Bowery , which Kerouac wrote in French during the especially fruitful years of 1951 and 1952. Discovered among his papers in the mid-nineties, they have been translated into English for the first time by Jean-Christophe Cloutier, who incorporates Kerouac's own partial translations. Also included are two journals from the heart of this same crucial period. In Private Philologies, Riddles, and a Ten-Day Writing Log , Kerouac recounts a brief stay in Denver--where he works on an early version of On the Road , reads dime novels, and even rides in a rodeo--and shows him contemplating writers like Chaucer and Joyce and playing with riddles and etymologies. Journal 1951 , begun during a stay in a Bronx VA hospital, charts, in ecstatic, moving, and self-revealing pages, the wave of insights and breakthroughs that led Kerouac to the most singular transformation of American prose style since Hemingway. This landmark volume is rounded out with the memoir Memory Babe , a poignant evocation of childhood play and reverie in a robust immigrant community, in which Kerouac uncannily retrieves and distills the subtlest sense impressions. And finally, in an interview with his longtime friend and fellow Beat John Clellon Holmes and in the late fragment Beat Spotlight Kerouac reflects on his meteoric career and unlooked for celebrity. LIBRARY OF AMERICA is an independent nonprofit cultural organization founded in 1979 to preserve our nation's literary heritage by publishing, and keeping permanently in print, America's best and most significant writing. The Library of America series includes more than 300 volumes to date, authoritative editions that average 1,000 pages in length, feature cloth covers, sewn bindings, and ribbon markers, and are printed on premium acid-free paper that will last for centuries.
LC Classification NumberPS3521.E735
Be the first to write a review
