| The Town and the City Revised Edition Contributor(s): Kerouac, Jack (Author) |
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ISBN: 0156907909 ISBN-13: 9780156907903 Publisher: Mariner Books Classics OUR PRICE: $17.09 Product Type: Paperback Published: October 1970 Annotation: In this compelling first novel, Kerouac draws on his New England mill-town boyhood to create the world of George and Marguerite Martin and their eight children, each endowed with an energy and a vision of life. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Historical - World War Ii - Fiction | Family Life - General |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 83008466 |
| Series: Harvest Book |
| Physical Information: 1.5" H x 5.3" W x 8" (0.95 lbs) 512 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: "It is the sum of myself, as far as the written word can go." -- Kerouac on The Town and the City. Kerouac's debut novel is a great coming of age story which can be read as the essential prelude to his later classics. Kerouac draws on his New England mill-town boyhood to create the world of George and Marguerite Martin and their eight children, each endowed with an energy and a vision of life. The Town and the City is vividly drawn with poetic prose, lacking the stream-of-consciousness style of his later works. Fans of Kerouac as well as Steinbeck, will be enthralled by this dramatic family saga capped by a final scene that poignantly sets up On the Road. |
Contributor Bio(s): Kerouac, Jack: - Jack Kerouac (1922-1969) was born in Lowell, Massachusetts to French-Canadian parents. The author of On the Road, Dharma Bums, Desolation Angels, and Big Sur, among other books, he is widely regarded as the preeminent writer of the Beat generation. |