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What a great collection!:
Thank you Library of America for this wonderful collection. to reviewer sky, I don't think you really know Kerouac's background when you characterize him as one of the "con-men, impostors, poseurs, and talentless hacks". he was actually quite a serious - yet at the same time anguished - person; he drank himself to death because he couldn't handle the fame. amazing what one NYT review can do. also, I've got to wonder about your literary understanding if you can't pick out the fantastic linguistic rhythms in the paragraph you quoted.
King of the Beats at his best:
I had to read the Dharma Bums for a college course, being a fan of Hemingway, I immediately fell in love with Kerouac. With his passion for America and the human spirit most of these stories are invigorating tales of freedom. Also, when he presents heroes like Neal Cassady (Dean Moriarty of On the Road) and Gary Snyder (Japhy Ryder in The Dharma Bums) he does so in an unbiased manner, presenting their flaws along with their accomplishments. He blurs the line between poetry and prose to tell his wonderful stories. I think everyone should read at least some Kerouac.
An excellent collection.:
An excellent collection of Kerouac novels. It is worth buying for On the Road & The Dharma Bums alone. Good for keeping your book collection compact. Definitely buy it if you are thinking about it.
All My Favorite Books:
What a wonderful collection! My copies of these books keep magically walking out the door. On The Road was the first book I finished and immediately began to read again. Should be on everyone's must read list!
A Must Read!:
Jack Kerouac's "On the Road" was the inspiration for much of the early Beat movement and gained literary respectability for Beat literature. The other novels in this collection, all part of Kerouac's semi-autobiographical tales of wandering in search of self, are more than just good reads, but shed light on much that has happened in American culture and society since the end of World War II. If you want to understand the counter-culture movement that came to prominence in the 1960s, then you have to understand its origins in the Beat movement, and there is no better introduction to the Beats than Kerouac's "On the Road." This anthology is highly recommended.
| Author: | Jack Kerouac | | Binding: | Hardcover | | Dewey Decimal Number: | 813.54 | | EAN: | 9781598530124 | | ISBN: | 1598530127 | | Number Of Pages: | 900 | | Publication Date: | 2007-09-01 |
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