Big Sur

Resumen del libro

Driven mad by three years of endless telegrams, phonecalls, mail, reporters and snoopers in the wake of his hugely successful novel On the Road, Jack Kerouac, 'King of the Beats', needs peace, quiet and sobriety: surrounded and outnumbered he has to 'get away to solitude again or die'. Amidst the wild beauty of the Californian landscape, Kerouac struggles to come to terms with his own myth and its malign impact upon his life.

The result is a moving account of a man struggling with inner demons: blessed by great talent and cursed with an urge towards self-destruction - a path lined with double bourbons, Manhattans and scotch ...

Biografía del autor

x{0026}lt;p x{0026}lt;strong Jack Kerouacx{0026}lt;/strong (1922-1969) es el novelista más destacado y emblemático de la Generación Beat. En Anagrama se han publicado sus obras fundamentales: x{0026}lt;em En el caminox{0026}lt;/em , x{0026}lt;em Los subterráneosx{0026}lt;/em , x{0026}lt;em Los Vagabundos del Dharmax{0026}lt;/em ,x{0026}lt;em La vanidad de los Duluoz x{0026}lt;/em y x{0026}lt;em En la carreterx{0026}lt;/em a. x{0026}lt;em El rollo mecanografiado originalx{0026}lt;/em , además de x{0026}lt;em Cartasx{0026}lt;/em , la selección de su correspondencia con Allen Ginsberg, y, con William S. Burroughs,x{0026}lt;em Y los hipopótamos se cocieron en sus tanquesx{0026}lt;/em .x{0026}lt;/p x{0026}lt;p Foto Jerry Bauerx{0026}lt;/p