false 330760 17 <div>Written over the course of three days and three nights, The Subterraneans was generated out of the same ecstatic flash of inspiration that produced another one of Kerouac's early classic, On The Road. Centering on the tempestous breakup of Leo Percepied and Mardou Fox--two denizens of the 1950s San Francsico underground--The Subterraneans is a tale of dark alleys and dark rooms,of artists, of visionaries, </div> 2696001 1958 The Subterraneans (Paperback) total:2451|5:514|4:876|3:792|2:224|1:45| 2451 8943 3212 142 4 0 false false Wed Sep 02 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 29 10:25:41 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 03 09:25:48 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 2 false false Sun Oct 21 00:00:00 -0700 2001 Wed Jun 25 21:12:07 -0700 2008 Wed Jun 25 21:38:38 -0700 2008 When he's not crying for her to take him back he's busy fetishizing her blackness like she's ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Jun 14 11:53:46 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 14 12:01:13 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Sun Nov 09 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Oct 14 18:15:24 -0700 2008 Fri Nov 28 13:46:44 -0800 2008 1 more...]]> 5 1 false false Thu Jun 19 13:41:11 -0700 2008 Thu Jun 19 13:41:54 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Thu Apr 16 21:45:14 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 13 15:00:03 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Sat Apr 19 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Apr 12 19:44:04 -0700 2008 Sun Apr 27 11:27:46 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Mar 03 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Feb 11 18:59:50 -0800 2008 Mon Mar 03 20:48:46 -0800 2008 more...]]> 1 0 false false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Nov 22 16:22:26 -0800 2007 Thu Nov 22 20:02:36 -0800 2007 more...]]> 2 1 false false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Sep 26 05:44:43 -0700 2007 Thu Oct 04 06:02:05 -0700 2007
Apparently, he wrote this 110-page book in only three days. While the bulk of On The Road was written in this way, making it an American classic,...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Aug 18 14:01:45 -0700 2007 Sat Aug 18 14:09:56 -0700 2007 IF LOVE WERE JAZZ AND VICE VERSA

THE SUBTERRANEANS is a novel remarkable for a number of distinctions, not the least of which is the report that Grand Beat Master Jack Kerouac wrote it in only three days. The book's analytical depths, structural complexity, and richness of language would ...more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Aug 14 11:26:00 -0700 2007 Fri Oct 12 10:42:17 -0700 2007 On the Road, which I liked a lot. This one is a quick sketch of Kerouac's crowd of cool kids in San Francisco, and a love affair gone bad due to the narrator being kind of an asshole (as are most of the cool kids). But at least he's an asshole with some insight ab...more...]]> 2 0 false false Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1999 Thu Jul 26 17:21:19 -0700 2007 Thu Jul 26 17:57:09 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1993 Tue Mar 04 06:21:19 -0800 2008 Sat Mar 29 23:54:40 -0700 2008 On the Road" or "Dharma Bums" - this is still my favorite of Kerouac's works, and one of the few that continues to speak to me a decade and a half after my Beat phase.

Simply put, this is the story of broken romance, familiar in all the warm and cold spots, all...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Mar 24 19:20:30 -0700 2007 Sat Mar 24 19:57:17 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1985 Fri Oct 23 12:19:10 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 23 12:22:27 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2003 Tue Jan 08 21:56:51 -0800 2008 Sat Feb 09 08:31:50 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1984 Fri Feb 20 08:45:08 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 20 09:30:38 -0800 2009 On the Road__ which supposedly came out of the typewriter as is and onto a roll of teletype-paper. I have this particularly interesting cove...more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Nov 06 06:55:07 -0800 2009 Fri Nov 06 06:58:04 -0800 2009 2 0 false false Thu Feb 05 07:00:21 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 05 07:01:25 -0800 2009