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The Town and the City

The Town and the City - Paperback

by Jack Kerouac
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Availability:In StockContributor:Jack KerouacSeries:Harvest BookPublish date:1970-10-21Pages:512
Language:EnglishPublisher:Mariner Books ClassicsISBN-13:9780156907903ISBN-10:156907909UPC:9780156907903Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Literary, Historical, Family LifeBook Topic:20th CenturySize:8.00 x 5.30 x 1.50 inchesWeight:0.9502Product ID:SCR39Z630N
"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 New England mill-town boyhood to create the world of George and Marguerite Martin and their eight children, each endowed with an energy and a vision of life. The Town and the City is vividly drawn with poetic prose, lacking the stream-of-consciousness style of his later works. Fans of Kerouac as well as Steinbeck, will be enthralled by this dramatic family saga capped by a final scene that poignantly sets up On the Road.
Language:EnglishPublisher:Mariner Books ClassicsISBN-13:9780156907903ISBN-10:156907909UPC:9780156907903Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Literary, Historical, Family LifeBook Topic:20th CenturySize:8.00 x 5.30 x 1.50 inchesWeight:0.9502Product ID:SCR39Z630N
Kerouac, Jack: - Jack Kerouac (1922-1969) was born in Lowell, Massachusetts to French-Canadian parents. The author of On the Road, Dharma Bums, Desolation Angels, and Big Sur, among other books, he is widely regarded as the preeminent writer of the Beat generation.
Publisher: Mariner Books Classics

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