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Book of Sketches

By Jack Kerouac
Introduction by George Condo

By Jack Kerouac
Introduction by George Condo

By Jack Kerouac
Introduction by George Condo

By Jack Kerouac
Introduction by George Condo

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Part of Penguin Poets

Part of Penguin Poets

Paperback $19.00

Apr 04, 2006 | ISBN 9780142002155

Ebook $11.99

Apr 04, 2006 | ISBN 9781440626494

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    About Book of Sketches

    In 1952 and 1953 as he wandered around America, Jack Kerouac jotted down spontaneous prose poems, or “sketches” as he called them, on small notebooks that he kept in his shirt pockets. The poems recount his travels—New York, North Carolina, Lowell (Massachusetts, Kerouac’s birthplace), San Francisco, Denver, Kansas, Mexico—observations, and meditations on art and life. The poems are often strung together so that over the course of several of them, a little story—or travelogue—appears, complete in itself. Published for the first time, Book of Sketches offers a luminous, intimate, and transcendental glimpse of one of the most original voices of the twentieth century at a key time in his literary and spiritual development.

    About Book of Sketches

    In 1952 and 1953 as he wandered around America, Jack Kerouac jotted down spontaneous prose poems, or “sketches” as he called them, on small notebooks that he kept in his shirt pockets. The poems recount his travels—New York, North Carolina, Lowell (Massachusetts, Kerouac’s birthplace), San Francisco, Denver, Kansas, Mexico—observations, and meditations on art and life. The poems are often strung together so that over the course of several of them, a little story—or travelogue—appears, complete in itself. Published for the first time, Book of Sketches offers a luminous, intimate, and transcendental glimpse of one of the most original voices of the twentieth century at a key time in his literary and spiritual development.

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    About Jack Kerouac

    Jack Kerouac was born in Lowell, Massachusetts, in 1922, the youngest of three children in a Franco-American family. He attended local Catholic and public schools and won a scholarship to Columbia University in New York City, where he first met… More about Jack Kerouac

    About Jack Kerouac

    Jack Kerouac was born in Lowell, Massachusetts, in 1922, the youngest of three children in a Franco-American family. He attended local Catholic and public schools and won a scholarship to Columbia University in New York City, where he first met… More about Jack Kerouac

    Product Details

    Category: Literary Fiction | Poetry

    Paperback | $19.00
    Published by Penguin Books
    Apr 04, 2006 | 432 Pages | 4-11/16 x 6-1/8 | ISBN 9780142002155

    Category: Literary Fiction | Poetry

    Ebook | $11.99
    Published by Penguin Books
    Apr 04, 2006 | 496 Pages | ISBN 9781440626494
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