Als Kerouac 'On the Road' und 'The Subterranians' schrieb, führte er ein Tagebuch, in dem er - oft noch im Halbschlaf - seine Träume niederschrieb. Diese Tagebücher (ursprünglich nicht zur Veröffentlichung gedacht) erschienen 1961 als...

Part of the Penguin Orange Collection, a limited-run series of twelve influential and beloved American classics in a bold series design offering a modern take on the iconic Penguin paperback September 5th, 2017 marks the 60th anniversary...

Jack Kerouac wrote a number of highly influential and popular novels - most famously the international best-seller ON THE ROAD - and is remembered as one of the key figures of the legendary Beat generation. As much as anything, he came...

Jack Kerouac (1922-69) was an American novelist, poet, artist and part of the Beat Generation. Most of his life was spent in the vast landscapes of America or living with his Mother. Kerouac's best known works are On the Road and The...

Jack Kerouac was born in Lowell, Massachusetts, in 1922. Educated by Jesuit brothers in Lowell, he decided to become a writer at age seventeen and developed his own writing style, which he called 'spontaneous prose'. He used this...

Jack Kerouac (1922-1969) was an American novelist, poet, artist and part of the Beat Generation. Most of his life was spent in the vast landscapes of America or living with his mother. Kerouac's best known works are On the Road and The...

Eine außergewöhnliche Zusammenstellung bisher unveröffentlichter Fotografien der Beat Generation Dieses großartige Buch mit Aufnahmen des renommierten Magnum-Fotografen Burt Glinn enthält eine bemerkenswerte Zusammenstellung von...

In 1944- under circumstances that remain rather mysterious- an aspiring writer named Jack Kerouac lost a novella-length manuscript title The Haunted Life , a coming-of-age story set in his hometown of Lowell, Massachusetts.Kerouac set...

"It is the sum of myself, as far as the written word can go."— Kerouac on The Town and the City. Kerouac's debut novel is a great coming of age story which can be read as the essential prelude to his later classics. Kerouac draws on his...

Der Briefwechsel zwischen Jack Kerouac und Allen Ginsberg ist ein Glücksfall und eine Offenbarung. Die beiden großen Helden der Beat-Literatur schrieben sich unermüdlich über zwanzig Jahre lang. Alles, was für sie von Belang war, wurde...

Following the explosive energy of On the Road comes The Dharma Bums in which Kerouac charts the spiritual quest of a group of friends in search of Dharma or Truth. Ray Smith and his friend Japhy, along with Morley the yodeller, head off...

"Onderweg" von Jack Kerouac, im Englischen bekannt als "On the Road", ist ein Klassiker der Beat-Generation und erzählt die Geschichte von Sal Paradise, einem jungen Schriftsteller, der sich auf eine Reise quer durch die Vereinigten...