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La grande traversée de l’Ouest en bus
"Liste des principes : 1. Remplis des carnets secrets et tape à la machine des pages frénétiques, pour ta seule joie2. Soumis à tout, ouvert, à l'écoute3. Essaie de ne pas être ivre hors de ta maison4. Sois amoureux de ta vie5. Quelque chose que tu sens finira par trouver sa forme propre6. ..."Carnet de routes sillonnant les États-Unis, petits essais sur la Beat Generation, impressions new-yorkaises, liste de principes pour écrire de la "prose moderne"... Un condensé beat en sept textes, furieux et vagabonds.
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99 pages, Paperback
Published February 1, 2022
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About the author
Jack Kerouac
359 books11.5k followersJean-Louis Lebris de Kérouac, known as Jack Kerouac, was an American novelist and poet who, alongside William S. Burroughs and Allen Ginsberg, was a pioneer of the Beat Generation.
Of French-Canadian ancestry, Kerouac was raised in a French-speaking home in Lowell, Massachusetts. He "learned English at age six and spoke with a marked accent into his late teens." During World War II, he served in the United States Merchant Marine; he completed his first novel at the time, which was published more than 40 years after his death. His first published book was The Town and the City (1950), and he achieved widespread fame and notoriety with his second, On the Road, in 1957. It made him a beat icon, and he went on to publish 12 more novels and numerous poetry volumes.
Kerouac is recognized for his style of stream of consciousness spontaneous prose. Thematically, his work covers topics such as his Catholic spirituality, jazz, travel, promiscuity, life in New York City, Buddhism, drugs, and poverty. He became an underground celebrity and, with other Beats, a progenitor of the hippie movement, although he remained antagonistic toward some of its politically radical elements. He has a lasting legacy, greatly influencing many of the cultural icons of the 1960s, including Bob Dylan, The Beatles, Jerry Garcia and The Doors.
In 1969, at the age of 47, Kerouac died from an abdominal hemorrhage caused by a lifetime of heavy drinking. Since then, his literary prestige has grown, and several previously unseen works have been published.
Of French-Canadian ancestry, Kerouac was raised in a French-speaking home in Lowell, Massachusetts. He "learned English at age six and spoke with a marked accent into his late teens." During World War II, he served in the United States Merchant Marine; he completed his first novel at the time, which was published more than 40 years after his death. His first published book was The Town and the City (1950), and he achieved widespread fame and notoriety with his second, On the Road, in 1957. It made him a beat icon, and he went on to publish 12 more novels and numerous poetry volumes.
Kerouac is recognized for his style of stream of consciousness spontaneous prose. Thematically, his work covers topics such as his Catholic spirituality, jazz, travel, promiscuity, life in New York City, Buddhism, drugs, and poverty. He became an underground celebrity and, with other Beats, a progenitor of the hippie movement, although he remained antagonistic toward some of its politically radical elements. He has a lasting legacy, greatly influencing many of the cultural icons of the 1960s, including Bob Dylan, The Beatles, Jerry Garcia and The Doors.
In 1969, at the age of 47, Kerouac died from an abdominal hemorrhage caused by a lifetime of heavy drinking. Since then, his literary prestige has grown, and several previously unseen works have been published.
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January 21, 2024
Pas du tout rentrer dans les différents textes hormis la nouvelle “En route vers la Floride” qui suit un photographe dont j’admire le travail!
Peut être une lecture au mauvais moment.. en effet, lecture commence après un livre énormément apprécié avant de commencer une lecture recommandé.
Première expérience Jack Kerouac en demi teinte, mais à poursuivre, je reste curieuse sur son œuvre la plus connue “Sur la route”
Peut être une lecture au mauvais moment.. en effet, lecture commence après un livre énormément apprécié avant de commencer une lecture recommandé.
Première expérience Jack Kerouac en demi teinte, mais à poursuivre, je reste curieuse sur son œuvre la plus connue “Sur la route”
November 19, 2024
pas ouf- j'ai pas apprécié
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