'Lonesome Traveler' by Jack Kerouac is a collection of travel writing and short stories based on his experiences on the road. showcases Kerouac's quest for freedom in far-off places and his exploration of different cultures and lifestyles. Through a mix of autobiographical snippets and fictional narratives, Kerouac delves into the themes of wanderlust, adventure, and the plight of the hobo. The writing style varies from conventional prose to a stream of consciousness that is at times poetic and incoherent, reflecting Kerouac's evolving approach to storytelling.
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The book carries medium content warnings, including cruelty to animals in various descriptions, substance use, and themes that may be distressing for some readers.
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In his first frankly autobiographical work, Jack Kerouac tells the exhilarating story of the years when he was writing the books that captivated and infuriated the public, restless years wandering during which he worked as a railway brakeman in California , a steward on a tramp steamer, and a fire lookout on the crest of Desolation Peak in the Cascade Mountains . Resembling his novels in its exuberant style and "jazzy impressionistic prose" (The New Yorker), Lonesome Traveler gives us "Kerouac's nerve ends vs. the universe, with flashes of poetry, truth, and daffiness' (The New York Times Book Review).
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About the Author:
Jack Kerouac, the father of the Beat Generation, was born in Lowell, Massachusetts, in 1922. He attended Columbia University, briefly, on a football scholarship, but an injury forced him to quit after his freshman season. After dropping out of university, Kerouac continued to live in New York City, where he would meet Allen Ginsberg, Neal Cassady, and William S. Burroughs, the future stars of the Beat Generation. Kerouac's first novel, The Town and the City, was published in 1950 and received little attention, but it was the publication of his second novel, On the Road (1957), that would ultimately win him literary celebrity. He is the author of On the Road, The Dharma Bums, The Subterraneans, Lonesome Traveler, Desolation Angles, Dr. Sax, and Mexico City Blues, as well as the co-author with William S. Burroughs of the previously unpublished novel And the Hippos Were Boiled in Their Tanks. Kerouac died of an internal hemorrhage, in 1969.
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