The Unknown Kerouac (LOA #283) [electronic resource] : Rare, Unpublished & Newly Translated Writings
Jack Kerouac2016
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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of previously unpublished writings reveals as never before the extraordinary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 sta...
Main title:
Author:
Jack Kerouac, Author
Imprint:
[Place of publication not identified] : Library of America, 2016
Collation:
1 online resource (1 text file) (500 pages)
Audience:
General/trade
System details:
Platform: epubMode of access: Internet
ISBN:
9781598534993
Language:
English
BRN:
437066
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| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
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| Online | Online resource (Member logon) | indyreads - eBook |