Jack Kerouac Bücher

Die Geschichte von Kerouacs Alter Ego Jack Duluoz erzählt von dessen High-School-Erlebnissen in Massachusetts und seiner Zeit als Football-Stipendiat an der Columbia Universität. Gerade als Jack in sein glamouröses Erwachsenenleben ausbrechen will, bricht auch der Zweite Weltkrieg aus, Jack tritt der US Navy bei und bereist die Welt. Während er Erfahrungen sammelt, erkennt er die Grenzen seiner ursprünglichen Pläne und kehrt zurück nach New York, wo die Beat-Bewegung gerade ihren Anfang nimmt, zurück in einen Tumult aus Drogen, Sex und wahnhaftem Schreiben.

Der Herold einer Jugend, die sich inmitten der schlechtesten aller Welten zum glückseligen Leben bekennt, nimmt uns mit auf seine Suche nach einem intensiven, rauscherfüllten Dasein in New York, Mexiko, Tanger, Paris und London. In einer spontanen, scheinbar improvisierten Prosa geschrieben, die ihn zum gefeierten Sprecher eines neuen Amerika machte, ist dieses Buch zugleich ein faszinierender Schlüsselroman über die Hauptgestalten der "beat generation".

Kleinstadtidylle und Großstadtwahnsinn: In seinem Erstlingsroman beschreibt Kerouac in Erinnerung an seine eigene Kindheit und Jugend das Leben einer Großfamilie, die zunächst in einer intakten Gemeinschaft auf dem Land, später in bedrückender Enge in New York lebt. Der durch eine unsoziale Umgebung bedingte Zerfall der Familie ist sein eigenes Schicksal. Genauso wie Peter Martin am Ende dieses Buches stand auch er als junger Mann mit erhobenem Daumen an der Straße, um auf seinen Trips quer durch die USA nach Maßstäben für das eigene Leben zu suchen.

BUDDHA IN KALIFORNIEN Zusammen mit dem Dichter und Zenbuddhisten Japhy Ryder begibt sich der temperamentvolle junge Schriftsteller Ray Smith auf eine berauschende Reise: von den Partys und Poetry-Ses­sions in San Francisco bis in die einsamen Höhen der High Sierras – immer auf der Suche nach einem intensiven, sinnerfüllten Leben. Kerouac, der gefeierte Autor der Beat-Genera­tion, verfasste mit diesem Buch das literarische Dokument einer Jugend, die für sich die Natur neu entdeckte und die Fesseln der zivilisatorischen Annehmlichkeiten abzuwerfen bereit war.

Die Selbstzerstörung eines Schriftstellers. Nach vielen Jahren hat es Jack Duluoz geschafft: Er ist jetzt ein weltberühmter Schriftsteller. Doch Jack verkraftet den Ruhm nicht und säuft sich regelrecht um den Verstand. Um der Aufdringlichkeit der Öffentlichkeit zu entkommen, flieht er in die Wildnis von Big Sur. Aber gerade die Einsamkeit ist es, die ihn zurück in die Stadt treibt – und dort, in den Straßen und Kneipen von San Francisco, erkennt Jack das Grauen und die tiefe Hoffnungslosigkeit unserer menschlichen Existenz. Und so taumelt er seinem Untergang entgegen … Es ist, als hätte Kerouac für uns alle gelitten. Darum geht es in diesem autobiografischen und wichtigen Buch. Es ist eines seiner besten. Der Kultautor von ON THE ROAD. Der Erneuerer der amerikanischen Literatur. FESTA MUST READ. Große Erzähler ohne Tabus. Muss man gelesen haben.

Das Gemeinschaftswerk von Burroughs und Kerouac: eine Entdeckung! Ein Mord im engsten Freundeskreis: Am 14. August 1944 erdolcht Lucien Carr seinen Freund David Kammerer mit einem Fahrtenmesser und versenkt den Körper im Hudson River. Am nächsten Tag erscheint er in blutbefleckter Kleidung bei seinen Freunden – den späteren Beat-Begründern William S. Burroughs und Jack Kerouac. Die beiden jungen Männer verarbeiteten diese wahre Begebenheit, indem sie die Ereignisse dieses Sommers zur Grundlage eines gemeinsamen Romans machten. Das Ergebnis: eine temporeiche, packende Geschichte und ein nun endlich gehobener Schatz der Literaturgeschichte. «Ein literarischer Bubenstreich und ein Schlüsselroman der Beat Generation zugleich.» SÜDDEUTSCHE ZEITUNG

«Lebensmischmasch eines selbständigen, gebildeten, mittellosen, nach allen Seiten offenen Lebemannes.» So hat Kerouac selbst das genannt, was diese acht berühmten Prosaskizzen beschreiben: ein rastloses Hetzen von Ort zu Ort, von Job zu Job, quer durch Nordamerika, durch Mexiko, Nordafrika, Paris, London. Ihre Sprachgewalt, ihre wilde Poesie, ihre Direktheit faszinieren Leser von heute genauso wie seine Zeitgenossen – und die Inhalte dieser autobiographischen Texte haben den Aussteigern und Alternativen ebenso viel zu sagen wie der Beat-Generation von damals.

Das mit Zartheit und Würde gezeichnete Porträt einer außergewöhnlichen Frau: Ihr Name bedeutet «Traurigkeit», doch die drogenabhängige Prostituierte Tristessa lebt unbekümmert in einem schäbigen Zimmer mit einer Menagerie von Haustieren und einem Altar, der der Jungfrau Maria geweiht ist. Basierend auf Jack Kerouacs eigener Liebesaffäre in Mexico City, erzählt «Tristessa» die Geschichte der unglückseligen Beziehung zwischen einem jungen Mann und einer Frau, deren Leben langsam außer Kontrolle gerät.

San Francisco Underground Die Beatniks, die sich in den Bars und Clubs von San Francisco herumtreiben, leben von Alkohol und Speed, von Proust und Verlaine. Der aufstrebende Schriftsteller Leo und Mardou, die neurotische Schönheit mit indianischem und schwarzem Blut in den Adern, gehören dazu. Ihre bittersüße, zum Scheitern verurteilte Liaison erzählt das vielleicht bewegendste, zärtlichste Buch von Jack Kerouac, dem gefeierten Autor der Beat-Generation. « Jedes Buch von Kerouac ist einzigartig. Solch reiche, natürliche Prosa ist im späten zwanzigsten Jahrhundert ohnegleichen. » Allen Ginsberg

Dies ist das literarische Statement einer Jugend, die inmitten der «schlechtesten der Welten» ein leidenschaftliches Bekenntnis zum «glückseligen Leben» ablegte. Tempo, Jazz, Marihuana, Sex und Freiheit waren die Zauberwörter der Beat Generation, die ständig auf der Suche nach einem intensiven, rauscherfüllten Dasein war. Ihre Trampfahrten durch die ungeheuren Weiten des Landes ließen sie ein Amerika entdecken, das die bürgerliche Erfolgsmoral nicht kannte.

Bei Jack Kerouac, der Kultfigur der Beat-Generation, waren auch die Träume außergewöhnlich. Während er an seinen später weltberühmt gewordenen Büchern "On the Road" und "The Subterraneans" schrieb, führte er - oft noch im Halbschlaf - dieses "Traumtagebuch". Hier tut sich nicht nur eine faszinierende Welt auf, diese Notizen sind ein unverzichtbarer Schlüssel zum Verständnis seiner legendären Romane.

Jack Kerouac nannte Doctor Sax, die rätselhafte Figur, die die Phantasien seiner Jugend heimsuchte, seinen Geist, Schutzengel, persönlichen Schatten und geheimen Liebhaber. In diesem bemerkenswerten autobiographischen Roman über ein Aufwachsen in Lowell, Massachusetts, erzählt durch sein fiktives Alter Ego Jack Duluoz, verwebt er reale Menschen und Begebenheiten mit phantastischen Figuren zu dem Stoff, aus dem seine Kindheit gewebt war – Spielen am Fluss und an Eisenbahnschienen, das Mitansehen von Leben und Tod an den Straßenecken – bis der Leser glaubt, selbst dort gewesen zu sein.

Die neu entdeckte Biographie von Jack Kerouac über den historischen Buddha, Siddhartha Gautama, und den Weg zur Erleuchtung. In den 50er Jahren entdeckte Jack Kerouac seine Faszination für den Buddhismus. Diese spirituelle Erweckung fand ihre literarische Form in Lebendiger Buddha. Mit großer poetischer Ausdruckskraft erzählt er nicht nur das Leben des Siddhartha Gautama, sondern schreibt gleichzeitig eine Einführung in die buddhistische Lehre. Lebendiger Buddha ist das amerikanische Pendant zu Hermann Hesses Siddhartha.

Jack Kerouac, 1922 geboren, gründete Ende der 30er-Jahre die literarische Gruppe „The Young Prometheans“, in der er u. a. mit seinem Freund Sebastian Sampas unterschiedliche Themen aus Literatur und Kunst diskutierte. 1942 trat Kerouac in die U. S. Navy ein, und bis zu Sampas Tod 1944 unterhielten die beiden einen regen Briefwechsel, in dem Kerouac Auskunft über sein Arbeit gab, vor allem über The Sea is my Brother, sein erstes größeres literarisches Werk. Bisher noch unveröffentlicht, ist diese Erzählung ein zu entdeckendes Juwel. Inspiriert von den Erlebnissen bei der Marine, enthält sie viele Elemente, die dann Kerouacs späteres Werk unverwechselbar machen. Der Autor findet hier zu seinem eigenen, individuellen Stil. Über 50 zeitgenössische Meister-Fotografien (Margaret Bourke-White, Cornell Capa, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Alfred Eisenstaedt, Elliot Erwitt, Andreas Feininger, Dorothea Lange, Carl Maydans, Weegee) machen diesen Band zu einem außergewöhnlichen Leseerlebnis.

From the Publisher: In 1958, the first edition of Robert Frank's The Americans was published in Paris. Les Americains contained Frank's 83 photographs in the same sequence as all subsequent editions, with the image on the right hand page, but juxtaposed with historical texts about American society and politics, gathered by Alain Bosquet. The following year, in the first American edition, the French texts were removed and an introduction by Jack Kerouac was added. Over the subsequent 50 years, The Americans has been republished in many editions, in numerous languages, with a variety of cover designs and even in a range of sizes. It is the most famous photography book ever published, and it changed the face of the medium forever. Robert Frank discussed with his publisher, Gerhard Steidl, the idea of producing a new edition using modern scanning and the finest tritone printing. The starting point was to bring original prints from New York to Gottingen, Germany, where Steidl is based. In July 2007, Frank visited Gottingen. A new format for the book was worked out and new typography selected. A new cover was designed and Frank chose the book cloth, foil for embossing and the endpaper. Most significantly, as he has done for every edition of The Americans, Frank changed the cropping of many of the photographs, usually including more information. Two images were changed completely from the original 1958 and 1959 editions

Truth and Beautiful Meaningful Lies is a collection of memorable quotes from one of the most quoted writers in American literature. This book covers different topics and themes woven throughout Jack Kerouac's writing. It's the perfect way to re-discover the works of this iconic author.

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"[An] essential Beat masterpiece." --The Village Voice. Perhaps one of the last great dual correspondences of the twentieth century, Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg: The Letters reveals not only the process of creation of the two most celebrated members of the Beat Generation, but also the unfolding of a remarkable friendship of immense pathos and spiritual depth. Through this exhilarating exchange of letters, two-thirds of which have never been published before, Kerouac and Ginsberg emerge first and foremost as writers of artistic passion, innovation, and genius. Vivid and enthralling, the letters, which date from their first meeting in 1944 to Kerouac's untimely death in 1969, chronicle the endless struggle, anguish, and sacrifice involved in giving form to their literary visions.

Through candid correspondence with notable figures like Allen Ginsberg and William Burroughs, this collection of letters chronicles Jack Kerouac's life from 1957 until his death in 1969. The letters illuminate his evolution as a writer, capturing his travels, love affairs, and complex family dynamics. They also reflect his resilience against criticism and his relentless pursuit of literary excellence. This volume provides a profound glimpse into the thoughts and experiences of a pivotal figure in American literature.

Set in 1950s Lowell, Massachusetts, this novel offers a poignant reflection on Jack Kerouac's high school years. It initially faced controversy due to its candid language, leading to its censorship and subsequent revisions. The original manuscript, containing Kerouac’s unfiltered expressions, was long suppressed until Devault-Graves uncovered it. This edition restores the text to its complete, uncensored form, allowing readers to experience the authentic voice Kerouac intended, capturing the essence of youth and rebellion in a changing literary landscape.

Exploring the depths of Jack Kerouac's psyche, this collection features previously unpublished writings from his extensive archive, showcasing a more introspective side of the author beyond his iconic persona. Spanning his adult life, the pieces include journal entries from his youth and reflective writings from later years, revealing his spiritual struggles and complex relationships with family, fame, and addiction. This compilation offers a unique glimpse into Kerouac's creative process and personal evolution, making it a significant addition to his literary legacy.

The life and craft of Jack Kerouac are traced through some of his most personal and mesmerizing letters. Written between 1940, when he was a freshman in college, and 1956, immediately before his leap into celebrity with the publication of On the Road, these letters offer valuable insights into Kerouac's family life, friendships with Neal Cassady, Allen Ginsberg, and William S. Burroughs, and others.

"All three [novels] were seen by Kerouac as forming part of The Duluoz Legend, a multivolume autobiographical saga recording the major events of the author's life"--Page 761.

"In his portrayal of the fervent relationship between the writer Sal Paradise and his outrageous, exasperating, and inimitable friend Dean Moriarty, Kerouac created one of the great friendships in American literature; and his rendering of the cities and highways and wildernesses that his characters restlessly explore are a hallucinatory travelogue of a nation he both mourns and celebrates. Now, The Library of America collects On the Road together with four other autobiographical Toad books" published during a remarkable tour-year period." "The Dharma Bums (1958), at once an exploration of Buddhist spirituality and an account of the Bay Area poetry scene, is notable for its thinly veiled portraits of Kerouac's acquaintances, including Ginsberg, Gary Snyder, and Kenneth Rexroth. The Subterraneans (1958) recounts a love affair set amid the bars and bohemian haunts of San Francisco. Tristessa (1960) is a melancholy novella describing a relationship with a prostitute in Mexico City. Lonesome Traveler (1960) collects travel essays that evoke journeys in Mexico and Europe, and concludes with an elegiac lament for the lost world of the American hobo. Also included in Road Novels are selections from Kerouac's journal, which provide a fascinating perspective on his early impressions of material eventually incorporated into On the Road."--BOOK JACKET

Rozprášené básně je sbírka spontánních básní Jacka Kerouaca. Obsahuje i dvě verze básně Pohlaď mi ho (Pull My Daisy), kterou napsal Kerouac společně s Nealem Cassadym a Allenem Ginsbergem. České vydání obsahuje jak originální verze všech básní v angličtině, tak jejich český překlad.

Exploring Jack Kerouac's lesser-known fascination with haiku, this collection showcases his experimentation with the form throughout his career. Including an incomplete draft from his archives, it features over 500 poems drawn from various sources, such as novels, correspondence, and journals. Curated by scholar Regina Weinreich, this volume offers a comprehensive look at Kerouac's poetic mastery, making it an essential addition for fans and scholars alike.

Written during a critical period of his life, Some of the Dharma is a key volume for understanding Kerouac and the spiritual underpinnings of his workWhile his future masterpiece, On the Road , languished on the desks of unresponsive editors, Kerouac turned to Buddhist practice, and in 1953 began compiling reading notes on the subject intended for his friend Allen Ginsberg. As Kerouac's Buddhist meditation practice intensified, what had begun as notes evolved into a vast and all-encompassing work of nonfiction into which he poured his life, incorporating poems, haiku, prayers, journal entries, meditations, fragments of letters, ideas about writing, overheard conversations, sketches, blues, and more.The final manuscript, completed in 1956, was as visually complex as the writing: each page was unique, typed in patterns and interlocking shapes. The elaborate form that Kerouac so painstakingly gave the book on his manual typewriter is re-created in this typeset facsimile. Passionate and playful, filled with humor, insight, sorrow, and struggle, Some of the Dharma is one of Kerouac's most profound and original works.

These classic Kerouac meditations, zen koans, and prose poems express the poet's beatific quest for peace and joy through oneness with the...

Vanity of Duluoz is a key volume in Jack Kerouac's lifework, the series of autobiographical novels he referred to as The Legend of Duluoz. With the same tender humor and intoxicating wordplay he brought to his masterpieces On the Road and The Dharma Bums, Kerouac takes his alter ego from the football fields of small-town New England to the playing fields and classrooms of Horace Mann and Columbia, out to sea on a merchant freighter plying the sub-infested waters of the North Atlantic during World War II, and back to New York, where his friends are the writers who would one day become known as the Beat generation and where he publishes his first novel.

The only book I've ever written in which I've allowed myself to say absolutely anything I want... Jack Kerouac

Written over the course of three days and three nights, The Subterraneans was generated out of the same ecstatic flash of inspiration that produced another one of Kerouac's early classic, On The Road. Centering on the tempestous breakup of Leo Percepied and Mardou Fox--two denizens of the 1950s San Francsico underground--The Subterraneans is a tale of dark alleys and dark rooms, of artists, of visionaries,

In the summer of 1956, Jack Kerouac hitchhiked from Mill Valley, CA, to the North Cascades to serve as a fire lookout for the US Forest Service. Armed only with the Diamond Sutra, he sought deep contemplation and enlightenment, focusing on the "emptiness of self" and universal self. He anticipated a transformative experience on Desolation Peak, which is central to his novel The Dharma Bums and appears in parts of Desolation Angels and Lonesome Traveler. However, none of these accounts fully capture his experience, making this work essential. Kerouac's unique exploration of consciousness sets him apart from other writers, and his legacy lies in the record of his internal struggles as a sensitive artist in the mid-20th Century. The highlight is his journal, which starkly reveals his poverty, mood swings, and internal conflicts regarding his life, writing, and faith. Alongside the journal, he worked on projects like "Ozone Park," "The Martin Family," and "Desolation Adventure," reaffirming his commitment to an experimental style, declaring that "the form of the future is no-form." Also included are his transliteration of the Diamond Sutra, "Desolation Blues," "Desolation Pops," and various prose sketches and dreams.

Donald Allen, the late great editor of the Evergreen Review at Grove Press and editor of the seminal anthology The New American Poetry , first met Jack Kerouac in 1956 when he and Allen Ginsberg came to visit at his West Village apartment. At the time, Allen was working on the "San Francisco Scene" issue of the Evergreen Review , and Ginsberg and Kerouac brought him manuscripts and news of developments on the West Coast. Over the next three years, Kerouac would send Allen poems for various projects, along with letters in which he discussed his poetry, his life, and the work of his young contemporaries. The unpublished poems are collected here, as are the letters, a comic strip drawn for the Cassady children, and Kerouac's self-penned poetic biography. Jack Kerouac (1922-1969) was a principal actor in the Beat Generation, a companion of Allen Ginsberg and Neal Cassady in that great adventure. His books include On the Road , The Dharma Bums , Mexico City Blues , Lonesome Traveler , Visions of Cody , Pomes All Sizes (City Lights), Scattered Poems (City Lights), and Scripture of the Golden Eternity (City Lights).

On a blind date in Greenwich Village set up by Allen Ginsberg, Joyce Johnson (then Joyce Glassman) met Jack Kerouac in January 1957, nine months before he became famous overnight with the publication of On the Road. She was an adventurous, independent-minded twenty-one-year-old; Kerouac was already running on empty at thirty-five. This unique book, containing the many letters the two of them wrote to each other, reveals a surprisingly tender side of Kerouac. It also shares the vivid and unusual perspective of what it meant to be young, Beat, and a woman in the Cold War fifties. Reflecting on those tumultuous years, Johnson seamlessly interweaves letters and commentary, bringing to life her love affair with one of American letters' most fascinating and enigmatic figures.

Fictionalized narrative of travels by Kerouac and his friend Neal Cassady under pseudonyms of Sal Paradise and Dean Moriarty.

"His life...ended when he was nine and the nuns of St. Louis de France Parochial School were at his bedside to take down his dying words because they'd heard his astonishing revelations of heaven delivered in catechism on no more encouragement than it was his turn to speak...."Unique among Jack Kerouac's novels, Visions of Gerard focuses on the scenes and sensations of childhood—the wisdom, anguish, intensity, innocence, evil, insight, suffering, delight, and shock—as they were revealed in the short tragic-happy life of his saintly brother, Gerard. Set in Kerouac's hometown of Lowell, Massachusetts, it is an unsettling, beautiful, and sad exploration of the meaning and precariousness of existence.

In these uncollected writings Jack Kerouac portrays himself in his life. He hitches a ride to San Francisco with a blonde, goes on the road with photographer Robert Frank, rides bus through the Northwest and Montana, records the blues of an old Negro hobo, talks about the Beats and how it all began, gives his "Essentials of Spontaneous Prose" and defends his novel The Subterraneans, compares Shakespeare and James Joyce, describes the cafeterias and subways of Manhattan, goes to a ballgame and a prize fight, and reflects on Céline, on Christmas in New England, on Murnau's Nosferatu, on jazz & bop, and tells us what he's thinking about. And in the closing piece "cityCityCITY," we're treated to Jack's science fiction vision of the future."Table of Contents Robert Creeley: Thinking of Jack: A Preface On the Road On the Beats On Writing Observations On Sports Last Words cityCityCITY Editor's Note

Written in late 1942, the novel was inspired by Jack Kerouac's experiences of life at sea on board the S.S. Dorchester, after working the summer as a Merchant Marine.

In spontaneous, direct, and concrete verses, the author confesses his joy in poetry and life.

'De là je suis allé à Paris, où il ne se passait rien si ce n’est que la plus belle fille du monde n’aimait pas mon sac à dos et avait rendez-vous avec un type à petite moustache debout une main dans la poche et un sourire méprisant aux lèvres devant les cinémas de nuit de Paris.'Qu’est-ce qu’être 'Beat'? À travers ses thèmes de prédilection – la littérature, le jazz, le voyage, la route, le bouddhisme, le zen… – l’auteur de Sur la route nous entraîne vers la réponse à un rythme hypnotique.

This revised edition features haikus by Jack Kerouac, Albert Saijo, and Lew Welch from their 1959 road trip from San Francisco to New York. The poems capture the essence of life on the road, alongside Albert's recollections of their journey and letters to Kerouac from Lew Welch.

Before Jack Kerouac expressed the spirit of a generation in his 1957 classic, On the Road, he spent years figuring out how he wanted to live and, above all, learning how to write. Atop an Underwood brings together more than sixty previously unpublished works that Kerouac wrote before he was twenty-two, ranging from stories and poems to plays and parts of novels, including an excerpt from his 1943 merchant marine novel, The Sea Is My Brother. These writings reveal what Kerouac was thinking, doing, and dreaming during his formative years, and reflect his primary literary influences. Readers will also find in these works the source of Kerouac's spontaneous prose style. Uncovering a fascinating missing link in Kerouac's development as a writer, Atop an Underwood is essential reading for Kerouac fans, scholars, and critics.

Kerouac's most important poem, Mexico City Blues, incorporates all the elements of his theory of spontaneous composition. Memories, fantasies, dreams, and surrealistic free association are all lyrically combined in the loose format of the blues to create an original and moving epic. "I want to be considered a jazz poet blowing a long blues in an afternoon jam session on Sunday. I take 242 choruses; my ideas vary and sometimes roll from chorus to chorus or from halfway through a chorus to halfway into the next." "A spontaneous bop prosody and original classic literature." - Allen Ginsberg; "Kerouac calls himself a jazz poet. There is no doubt about his great sensitivity to language. His sentences frequently move into tempestuous sweeps and whorls and sometimes they have something of the rich music of Gerard Manley Hopkins of Dylan Thomas" - The New York Herald Tribune

'His first novel is a revelation ... the writing is vivid, serious and extraordinary ... wonderful' The Times The Sea is My Brother is Jack Kerouac's very first novel, begun shortly after his tour as a merchant sailor in 1942. Lost during his lifetime, it is an intense portrait of friendship and brotherhood and a meditation on the desire to escape society, following the fortunes of two men as they impulsively decide to work their passage on the S.S. Westminster: drinking, arguing, playing cards, dodging torpedoes and contemplating the vast, terrible beauty of the sea. Published with fragments of early stories and letters, this visceral work gives a unique insight into the young Kerouac and the formation of his genius. 'What's clear from this newly published first novel is that Kerouac was positively fizzing with talent at an early age' Sunday Times

Kerouac's classic fictional tribute to Neal Cassady. Many years before its first unabridged publication, 'Visions of Cody' became an underground classic. Written by Kerouac at his creative zenith, the book is a celebration of the life of Neal Cassady, his great friend and inspiration. Appearing here as Cody Pomeray, Cassady was also immortalised as Dean Moriarty in 'On the Road'. The son of a drunken Denver drop-out, brought up homeless and motherless during the Depression, Cassady lived his life raw -- hustling in pool halls, stealing cars for marathon joy rides across the States, living wild and penniless amongst society's misfits and outcasts. He left a sizzling reputation in his wake, becoming the insane Beat Demon of San Francisco. Through him Kerouac created one of the few lasting heroes of 20th-century literature and established himself in the great tradition of American letters.

The Haunted Life is the coming-of-age story of Peter Martin, a college track star determined to idle away what he knows will be one of his last innocent summers in his tranquil New England home town. But with the war escalating in Europe and his two closest friends both plotting their escapes, he realizes how sheltered his upbringing has been. As he surveys the competing influences of his youth, he struggles to determine what might lead to an intellectually authentic life. The Haunted Life is ultimately a meditation on intellectual truth, male friendship and the desire for movement - all themes that would dominate Kerouac's later work.

Born in 1922 in Lowell, Massachusetts, Jack Kerouac emerged as a pivotal figure in American literature, defining the Beat Generation through his innovative 'spontaneous prose' style. He captured the essence of the American traveler and the spirit of his era in seminal works like On the Road, The Subterraneans, and The Dharma Bums. His literary legacy also includes notable titles such as Big Sur and Mexico City Blues, showcasing his diverse talents in both prose and poetry. Kerouac's influence endures long after his passing in 1969.

'There will never be a moment like this one, ' says poet and fellow beatnik Robert Creeley in his introduction to this literary event: the first full-length work to be published since Kerouac's death in 1969. Recently discovered by his estate, ORPHEUS EMERGED chronicles the passions, conflicts and dreams of a group of bohemians searching for truth while studying at a university. Kerouac wrote the story shortly after meeting Allen Ginsberg, William Burroughs, Lucien Carr and others in and around Columbia University who would form the core of the Beats. ORPHEUS EMERGED is a unique portrait of an artist as a young man and shows a writer in the process of finding the voice that would eventually express the spirit of a generation

See my hand up-tipped, learn the secret of my human heart . . . ' Soaring, freewheeling snapshots of life on the road across America, from the Beat writer who inspired a generation.

This comprehensive study guide provides an in-depth literary analysis of Jack Kerouac's On the Road, making it an essential resource for students preparing for their 2024 exams. Endorsed by professors, it covers the author's biography, a detailed summary of the novel, and an exploration of key themes. Additionally, it examines the literary movement associated with Kerouac, ensuring that all critical aspects of the work are thoroughly understood.

Bilingvní vydání tří povídek, které ukazují tři různé polohy autorova psaní a tři životní situace. Železniční země je jedním z prvních Kerouacových textů, které byly vůbec do češtin převedeny, autor v nich líčí, jak prožíval své zaměstnání brzdaře; ve Scénách z New Yorku zaznamenává radost z přátelského putování odvázaným velkoměstem; naproti tomu povídka Sám na vrcholu hory načrtává téma, které rozvinul v románu Andělé zoufalství - osamělý pobyt a usebrání na postu požární hlídky v divokých horách na hranicích USA a Kanady.

En 1955, Robert Frank parcourt les États-Unis, appareil photo en main, capturant des moments de vie des Américains rencontrés sur son chemin : serveuses, ouvriers, fêtards, amoureux, et motards. Ce n'est pas un reportage, mais une série de notes visuelles où des visages anonymes se mêlent à des paysages tristes et des zones urbaines. Les images, souvent floues et avec une composition décentrée, utilisent des noirs profonds qui ajoutent une dimension d'abstraction. En 1958, 84 photographies en noir et blanc sont publiées par Robert Delpire, mais reçoivent un accueil indifférent, jugées tristes et subversives. Avec le temps, elles deviennent un classique de la photographie. Soixante ans après sa première publication, l'ouvrage revient dans une édition revue et corrigée par Frank lui-même, avec des modifications au niveau de la couverture, du format, du papier et du traitement des images, se rapprochant de l'édition américaine. La préface de Jack Kerouac est également proposée dans une nouvelle traduction par Brice Matthieussent.

Jacka Kerouaca i Allena Ginsberga — pisarzy, ikony kultury, najbardziej znanych przedstawicieli „beat generation” — łączyła nie tylko wrażliwość artystyczna, ale także głęboka, wieloletnia przyjaźń. Dzięki ogromnemu zbiorowi korespondencji przyjaźń ta ukazuje się w swej fascynującej pełni. To barwna, intrygująca, żywa, zaskakująca niezwykłą spostrzegawczością i intensywnością przeżycia rozmowa dwóch indywidualności. Ponad dwieście opublikowanych listów, chociaż są tylko częścią wielkiego zbioru, który powstawał od 1944 roku, pozwala prześledzić kształtowanie się w ciągu prawie dwudziestu lat poglądów estetycznych, filozoficznych i politycznych dwóch niezwykłych postaci — twórców, którzy wyznaczyli kierunek artystyczny całemu pokoleniu.

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 weitgehend unveröffentlichten Fotografien der Beat Generation. Dieser Schatz von Bildern wurde entdeckt, als R A P mit Burt Glinns Witwe, Elena, an einer größeren Retrospektive seines Werkes arbeitete. Neben zahlreichen Schwarz- Weiß-Aufnahmen enthält das Buch auch über 70 farbige Bilder. Diesen gelingt es, die rohe Energie der Beat-Generation auf eine Art und Weise zu zeigen, wie sie nie zuvor in Buchform erhältlich war. Die Fotografien entstanden zwischen 1957 und 1960 in New York und San Francisco und sie zeigen fast alle Mitglieder der Szene, darunter Allen Ginsberg und Jack Kerouac, Dichter wie Gregory Corso, William Morris und viele andere. Glinn wurde für sein außergewöhnliches Talent als sozialdokumentarischer Fotograf gefeiert. Während seiner Zeit bei den Beatniks erfasste seine Kamera den Spirit der Counterculture - zu sehen sind Schriftsteller, Musiker und Künstler, die sich in Cafés, Bars und auf Partys trafen. Seine Kamera hielt eine Art zu leben fest, die vom gesellschaftlichen Mainstream nie akzeptiert wurde. Im Archiv fand sich auch ein Essay von Jack Kerouac, der hier mit veröffentlicht wird.

Jack Kerouac o svém díle často hovořil jako o souvislém celku tvořícím tzv. Duluozovu legendu a právě Jack Duluoz, autorovo alter ego, stojí v tomto případě přímo v názvu knihy, takže není pochyb o tom, co, nebo lépe řečeno kdo, bude hlavním tématem. Jack Duluoz své ženě, a tím pádem i čtenáři, vypráví, čím vším si musel projít v letech 1935-46. A že toho nebylo málo: před našima očima se odvíjí dobrodružný přerod ambiciózního maloměstského fotbalisty v intelektuála omámeného New Yorkem, stojíme po jeho boku na moři za druhé světové války i ve vězení při vyšetřování vraždy. To všechno má však jediné směřování - Kerouac, totiž Duluoz, je na nejlepší cestě k tomu, aby se stal kultovním autorem Beat Generation. Citlivější čtenáři možná uslyší jeho hlas, tak naléhavé je jeho překotné vyprávění, tak živý jeho jazyk. Možná se Duluoz občas chvástá, možná občas fňuká, ale nikdy, nikdy není nudný.

«Sono andato veloce perché la strada è veloce.» Tra il 2 e il 22 aprile 1951 – scrive Kerouac a Neal Cassady – «ho scritto un romanzo su una striscia di carta lunga 120 piedi infilata nella macchina da scrivere e senza paragrafi, fatta srotolare sul pavimento e sembra proprio una strada». Con questo “rotolo” ha inizio la vicenda del mitico romanzo che narra i viaggi di Kerouac tra Stati Uniti e Messico negli anni 1947-50 e che vedrà la luce, in una versione ampiamente rimaneggiata, solo nel 1957. Più lungo di quello definitivo, il testo originario di On the road contiene numerose scene poi tagliate e risulta più cupo, spigoloso e disinibito. Intima, sfrenata e “vera”, la scrittura di Kerouac trascina il lettore alla bruciante scoperta di una strada che è la vita stessa.

Tato kniha obsahuje krátké povídky a ukázky od amerických autorů, kteří reprezentují legendární beatnickou kulturu, jejímž centrem bylo San Francisco. Mezi hlavními autory najdeme Ferlinghettiho, Cassadyho, Kerouaca, Ginsberga a Corsoa, doplněné o další autory z Ameriky a Evropy. Výbor představuje literární díla dvaceti autorů spolu s úvodními informacemi o jejich životech a je zakončen esejem Aldouse Huxleyho o vlivu drog na uměleckou tvorbu. Povídky se zabývají tématy, která zkoumají neprozkoumané oblasti lidské mysli, odhalují bizarní vize a extrémní zážitky. Autoři se vydávají na cesty fantazie vyvolané halucinogeny, setkávají se s obrazy ráje i temnoty, smrti a sebezničení. Tato antologie je pro dnešního čtenáře ukázkou svobody tvorby psychedelické generace šedesátých let, která zanechala nesmazatelnou stopu v moderní literatuře. Obsahuje úryvky a povídky od autorů jako Neal Cassady, Jack Kerouac, William S. Burroughs, Allen Ginsberg a další, včetně esejů a rozhovorů, které reflektují jejich jedinečné pohledy na svět.

Una raccolta che comprende oltre sessanta testi giovanili inediti, tra cui poesie, saggi, bozzetti, racconti e pezzi teatrali, che documentano il percorso seguito da Kerouac per diventare uno scrittore e un artista. Una infaticabile ricerca di se stesso e della propria vocazione nel milieu multietnico e industriale nell'America degli anni Trenta e Quaranta.

El Sal Paradise de todas las ediciones conocidas de esta novela mítica es aquí, al fin, Kerouac. Y también Cassady, Ginsberg y Burroughs aparecen con sus verdaderos nombres. Con la publicación del rollo original, la gesta viajera y existencial de En la carretera se vuelve autobiográfica de pleno derecho y a plena luz del día, sin censura alguna. Y el relato adquiere toda su potencia narrativa. El lector tiene en sus manos una suerte de manifiesto de la beat generation. Seguimos a Kerouac y a toda la cáfila que desfila por estas páginas en toda su desnudez y penuria. Precursores del movimiento hippy y la contracultura de finales de los años sesenta, los personajes de esta novela pululan sin rumbo por Norteamérica. La sed vital insatisfecha, la búsqueda de horizontes de sentido, de dicha y de conocimiento y los atisbos místicos se estrellan contra una realidad inhóspita y desesperanzada. Un vívido compendio de los grandes temas, y al tiempo una apasionante aventura humana y una metáfora de la existencia. «El rollo original de On the Road es una de las más veneradas y enigmáticas reliquias de la literatura moderna... Un texto fascinante» (James Campbell, The Times Literary Supplement).

More je môj brat je vzburou jednotlivca voči obmedzeniam ľudskej spoločnosti a jej krutým zákonitostiam a bolestiam. Wesley Martin, hlavný hrdina, miluje more zvláštnou, nepochopiteľnou bratskou láskou. More je jeho bratom i katom. Kniha je však i príbehom jeho priateľa Billa Everharta. Ten utečie pred spoločnosťou na more, ktoré sa však pre neho stáva zdrojom nekonečnej osamelosti.

Jack Kerouac proveniva da una famiglia cattolica osservante che gli diede un'educazione profondamente religiosa nel senso tradizionale. Ciò non impedì allo scrittore, a partire dalla metà circa degli anni Cinquanta, di avvicinarsi con crescente interesse ed entusiasmo al buddhismo, in particolare a quello della tradizione Mahayana. Nacque da questa disposizione spirituale e da questa curiosità intellettuale Il libro del risveglio , scritto nel 1955. Si tratta di una biografia letteraria di Siddharta Gautama, il Buddha (ovvero "il risvegliato"), ricavata da diverse fonti antiche e narrata con lo stile unico, fluido di Kerouac che ne fa un libro maestoso, quasi una sinfonia. Una lettura importante sia per chi desideri avvicinarsi al buddhismo e al suo fondatore, sia per chi voglia comprendere la genesi e il significato di libri come I vagabondi del Dharma . Ma soprattutto uno dei testi più originali, riusciti e multiformi del profeta del Beat, in cui si fondono spiritualità e doti narrative, interesse culturale e amore per la parola.

Queste Poesie beat coprono oltre vent'anni di esercizi poetici e rappresentano dunque una chiave di lettura preziosissima della parabola del Kerouac poeta. Le prime, le più antiche, quelle scritte insieme a Ginsberg e a Neal Cassidy, segnano un momento di grande entusiasmo: la speranza di rompere la solitudine canonica dell'artista di fronte all'opera d'arte, avvalendosi del contributo degli amici. A poco a poco, invece, Kerouac tende a ripiegarsi su se stesso, a rifugiarsi nell'ineffabile, avvicinandosi a religioni e culture che sembrano dare una risposta al suo desiderio di libertà e di autonomia. Ma non si può non riconoscere che anche nei versi più oscuri, più indecifrabili, vibra un'eco della sua straordinaria energia. Testo inglese a fronte.

Další kniha o toulání, tentokrát o malém černošském chlapci ze Severní Karolíny, kterému umře milovaný děda. Mag se dostane do opatrování ke své tetě, odkud ho unese jeho světaznalý bratr, čímž se roztáčí koloběh stopování, improvizace a života na okraji společnosti. Pro bratry je každý den bojem, ale o to víc cítí, že žijí...

Dobrá bloncka je soubor různorodých Kerouacových textů, který rekapituluje témata, ke kterým se vracel, a to různými formami, beletristicky i žurnalisticky. Nacházíme v něm nepublikované povídky a prozaické fragmenty, publicistické texty o literatuře, o sportu, o jazzu, o beatnické generaci. Argo vydává Kerouacovy texty dlouhodobě a soustavně a spolupracuje s celou řadou předních překladatelů, a většina z nich se objevuje i v nejnovějším kerouacovském svazku. Tato antologie Kerouacových témat se tak stává i jakousi antologií překladatelských přístupů.

Two ebullient young men search for Truth the Zen way: from marathon wine-drinking bouts, poetry jam sessions, and "yabyum" in San Francisco's Bohemia to solitude in the high Sierras and a vigil atop Desolation Peak in Washington State. Published just a year after On the Road put the Beat Generation on the map, The Dharma Bums is sparked by Kerouac's expansiveness, humor, and a contagious zest for life. One of the best and most popular of Kerouac's autobiographical novels, The Dharma Bums is based on experiences the writer had during the mid-1950s while living in California, after he'd become interested in Buddhism's spiritual mode of understanding. One of the book's main characters, Japhy Ryder, is based on the real poet Gary Snyder, who was a close friend and whose interest in Buddhism influenced Kerouac

Scritto quasi interamente nel 1948 ma completato solo vent'anni più tardi, Pic fu pubblicato postumo, nel 1971. È la storia tenera e piena di un dolce humour di Pictorial Review Jackson, detto Pic, un bimbo nero che vive col nonno in North Carolina. Rimasto solo, il ragazzino viene dapprima affidato a una zia, poi se ne fa carico Slim, il fratello maggiore. Il piccolo Pic, una sorta di Huckleberry Finn del Novecento, intraprende insieme a Slim un viaggio attraverso gli Stati Uniti rocambolesco e ricco di incontri e di avventure: i due arriveranno fino a New York per poi dirigersi verso la California. Il viaggio, tema per eccellenza del romanzo americano, della Beat Generation e di Kerouac in particolare, è declinato qui in tono picaresco, attraverso lo sguardo innocente e sincero del giovane Pic e il suo caratteristico linguaggio, pieno di freschezza ed entusiasmo, così come di vivaci invenzioni. Sullo sfondo, l'irresistibile colonna sonora della musica jazz.