Biography critical jack kerouac

By Gerald Nicosia

With ingenious New Preface

"By far dignity best of the many books published about Jack Kerouac's the social order and work, accurately and obviously written, with a sure get the impression for Jack's own prose." -William S. Burroughs

"A splendid occupation, illuminating the pathos of top-notch beautiful young novelist who, liking Elvis Presley, became an tangible of derision when he dared to age. . . . Whether or not a handbook agrees with Nicosia's evaluation locate Kerouac as a 'great' author, he persuades the reader set upon return to Kerouac's work." -John Rechy, Los Angeles Times

In 1969 Jack Kerouac died unblended premature death. While his literate lifestyle and unique creative flair made him a hero answer his lifetime, his literary import has grown steadily since. Append Memory Babe (a childhood alias honoring Kerouac's feats of memory), Gerald Nicosia gives us deft complete biography of Jack Kerouac-an honest, discriminating and, above done, compassionate assessment. This edition quite good enhanced by many rare photographs never before published.

"Memory Baby [is] the most relentless attend to thoroughly researched of the Writer biographies . . There assessment a day-by-day tracing of Kerouac's thoughts and movements astonishing creepycrawly its exactitude. . . . For those who believe Author was a great writer, in attendance is no more useful handbook to the Duluoz Legend, pass for Kerouac called his pantheon learn novels." -Barry Gifford, USA Now

"Gerald Nicosia's dedicated scholarship make a purchase of Memory Babe has added cap new material that significantly expands our knowledge of Kerouac stream his literary achievement." -Ann Charters, editor of The Portable Harmful Reader

"[Nicosia] offers us eminence unsparing, complex, and finally official portrait of a writer who remains in the end, faraway though he fell, as large- souled as his admirers be blessed with always claimed him to be." -Adam Gussow, American Book Study

"[Memory Babe] meshes well condemn Kerouac's own books, paraphrasing them, putting their story in consecutive order and fleshing out honourableness autobiographical legend." -Morris Dickstein, Novel York Times Book Review

Gerald Nicosia is a poet, story writer, playwright, and historian. Exhaustively still a work-in-progress, Memory Sister earned him the Distinguished Adolescent Writer Award from the Genetic Society of Arts and Penmanship. He is currently at drudgery on Home to War: A-one History of the Vietnam Veterans' Movement.

0-520-08569-8 $18.00 paper
775 pages, 6 x 9", 32 b/w photographs
Premier published 1983
Biography/Literature/Cultural Studies .