Jack Kerouac





Jack Kerouac

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

died
October 21, 1969

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Neal Cassady, Thomas Wolfe, William Saroyan, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Jack...more


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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: 3.74 · 244,162 ratings · 11,520 reviews · 87 distinct works · Similar authors
On the Road
3.66 of 5 stars 3.66 avg rating — 139,891 ratings — published 1957 — 209 editions
The Dharma Bums
3.94 of 5 stars 3.94 avg rating — 38,320 ratings — published 1958 — 76 editions
Big Sur
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3.85 of 5 stars 3.85 avg rating — 11,695 ratings — published 1962 — 32 editions
The Subterraneans
3.69 of 5 stars 3.69 avg rating — 6,901 ratings — published 1958 — 31 editions
Desolation Angels
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3.89 of 5 stars 3.89 avg rating — 5,838 ratings — published 1958 — 21 editions
On the Road: The Original S...
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4.2 of 5 stars 4.20 avg rating — 3,760 ratings — published 2007 — 21 editions
Tristessa
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3.68 of 5 stars 3.68 avg rating — 2,713 ratings — published 1960 — 16 editions
Lonesome Traveler
3.77 of 5 stars 3.77 avg rating — 2,683 ratings — published 1960 — 28 editions
Visions of Cody
3.54 of 5 stars 3.54 avg rating — 2,431 ratings — published 1959 — 15 editions
Maggie Cassidy
3.65 of 5 stars 3.65 avg rating — 1,976 ratings — published 1959 — 16 editions
More books by Jack Kerouac…
Atop an Underwood: Early St... Visions of Gerard Dr. Sax The Town and the City Maggie Cassidy Vanity of Duluoz: An Advent... On the Road
Duluoz Legend (14 books)
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3.720833084131928 of 5 stars 3.72 avg rating — 217,361 ratings
Selected Letters, 1940-1956 Selected Letters, 1957-1969
Kerouac Selected Letters (2 books)
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4.09 of 5 stars 4.09 avg rating — 600 ratings
“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.”
Jack Kerouac, On the Road

“One day I will find the right words, and they will be simple.”
Jack Kerouac, The 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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Group book read - February 2012

Vishy has picked 10 books from to-read lists of all members. If you want to suggest other books, feel free to add. Voting ends at 12AM Saturday, the 28th of Jan, and we will read the book with the maximum votes.

Next meetup is on the 26th of February, so we will have around a month to finish reading.

 
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