Jack Kerouac





Jack Kerouac

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born
March 12, 1922 in Lowell, Massachusetts, The United States

died
October 21, 1969

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Jack Kerouac was an American novelist, writer, poet, and artist. He is perhaps the best known of a group of writers and friends who came to be known as the Beat Generation, a term he himself created.

Kerouac's work was popular, but received little critical acclaim during his lifetime. Today, he is considered an important and influential writer who inspired others, including Tom Robbins, Lester Bangs, Richard Brautigan, and Ken Kesey, and writers of the New Journalism. Kerouac also influenced musicians such as The Beatles, Bob Dylan, Morrissey, Tom Waits, Simon & Garfunkel, Lebris, Ulf Lundell and Jim Morrison.[1] Kerouac's best-known books are On the Road, The Dharma Bums, Big Sur, and Visions of Cody.

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Average rating: 3.70 · 134,981 ratings · 8,162 reviews · 93 distinct works
On the Road
3.63 of 5 stars 3.63 avg rating — 78,822 ratings — published 1957 — 145 editions
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The Dharma Bums
3.93 of 5 stars 3.93 avg rating — 19,282 ratings — published 1958 — 61 editions
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Big Sur
3.82 of 5 stars 3.82 avg rating — 6,077 ratings — published 1962 — 26 editions
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The Subterraneans
3.66 of 5 stars 3.66 avg rating — 4,303 ratings — published 1958 — 26 editions
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Desolation Angels
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3.85 of 5 stars 3.85 avg rating — 3,329 ratings — published 1965 — 13 editions
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Tristessa
3.61 of 5 stars 3.61 avg rating — 1,753 ratings — published 1960 — 9 editions
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On the Road: The Original Scro...
4.13 of 5 stars 4.13 avg rating — 1,820 ratings — published 1957 — 13 editions
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3.61 of 5 stars 3.61 avg rating — 1,631 ratings — published 2008 — 21 editions
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Visions of Cody
3.49 of 5 stars 3.49 avg rating — 1,587 ratings — published 1959 — 11 editions
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Maggie Cassidy
3.63 of 5 stars 3.63 avg rating — 1,277 ratings — published 1959 — 14 editions
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More books by Jack Kerouac…
Atop an Underwood: Early Stori... Visions of Gerard Dr. Sax The Town and the City Maggie Cassidy Vanity of Duluoz: An Adventuro... On the Road
Duluoz Legend (15 books)
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Selected Letters, 1940-1956 Selected Letters, 1957-1969
Kerouac Selected Letters (2 books)
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“the only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars and in the middle you see the blue centerlight pop and everybody goes 'Awww!' What did they call such young people in Goethe's Germany?”
Jack Kerouac, On the Road

“One day I will find the right words, and they will be simple.”
Jack Kerouac, Dharma Bums

“I like too many things and get all confused and hung-up running from one falling star to another till i drop. This is the night, what it does to you. I had nothing to offer anybody except my own confusion.”
Jack Kerouac

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