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Big SurJack Kerouac, Tom Parker
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Big Sur

224 pagesFirst published 196225 editions · 5 languages
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Big Sur is a novel written by Jack Kerouac, that was published in 1962. The books perspective is told from Kerouac's alter ego Jack Dulouz. The novel describes Kerouac's frustration that he has with his fame of being a writer, and how he goes to his friends cabin on Big Sur to get away from the madness of every day existence. The novel also describes Kerouac's mental state of being, and his struggles with alcohol. Big Sur is a book for any man, women, and possibly animal who has an unhealthy obsession with the beat generation.

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Editions

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FormatPublisherYearPagesISBN
EditionIndependently Published2021—9798774277957
EditionIndependently Published2021—9798742821472
PaperbackWoolf Haus Publishing20202109781925788402
EditionPenguin Books, Limited20181929780241348086
Edition—20158009781598533743
PaperbackSiren Yayinlari20132409786055903442
EditionPenguin Publishing Group2013—9780143126416
Edition · rusAzbuka20132519785389049376
EditionPenguin Books, Limited2012—9780141972039
PaperbackPenguin Books20112249780143119234
EditionHarperCollins Publishers Limited2006—9780007204984
AudiobookBlackstone Audiobooks200219780786196593
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Alcoholic psychosesBeat generationFictionFiction in EnglishBeats (Persons)Psicosis alcohólicasFicciónNovela autobiográfica