The unknown Kerouac : rare, unpublished & newly translated writings /

Kerouac, Jack, 1922-1969,

The unknown Kerouac : rare, unpublished & newly translated writings / Half title: Jack Kerouac Kerouac: rare, unpublished, & newly translated writings Rare, unpublished, and newly translated writings Todd Tietchen, editor ; Jean-Christophe Cloutier, translator - xxxiv, 466 pages ; 21 cm - The Library of America ; 283 . - Library of America ; 283 .

Includes bibliographical references (pages 445-466)

On Frank Sinatra -- America in world history -- A couple of facts concerning laws of decadence -- On contemporary jazz,"Bebop" -- Private philologies, riddles, and a ten-day writing log -- The night is my woman [La nuit est ma femme] -- Journal 1951 -- Old Bull in the Bowery [Sur le chemin] -- Tics -- Memory babe -- Doing literary work : an interview with Jack Kerouac -- Beat spotlight -- Appendix: I wish I were you

Presents a collection of never-before-published and newly translated writings by the legendary author and provides insight into his path to a wholly new style of storytelling


Translated from the French

9781598534986 159853498X

99969398461

2016934976


Kerouac, Jack, 1922-1969


Authors, American--20th century

PS3521.E735 / A6 2016