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The Sea is My Brother: The Lost Novel
Jack Kerouac
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Description for The Sea is My Brother: The Lost Novel
Paperback. Lost during the author's lifetime, it is an intense portrait of friendship and brotherhood and a meditation on the desire to escape society, following the fortunes of two men as they impulsively decide to work their passage on the S S Westminster: drinking, arguing, playing cards, dodging torpedoes and contemplating the beauty of the sea. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 318.
'His first novel is a revelation ... the writing is vivid, serious and extraordinary ... wonderful' The Times
The Sea is My Brother is Jack Kerouac's very first novel, begun shortly after his tour as a merchant sailor in 1942. Lost during his lifetime, it is an intense portrait of friendship and brotherhood and a meditation on the desire to escape society, following the fortunes of two men as they impulsively decide to work their passage on the S.S. Westminster: drinking, arguing, playing cards, dodging torpedoes and contemplating the vast, terrible beauty of ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
432
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Series
Penguin Modern Classics
Condition
New
Number of Pages
432
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780141193342
SKU
V9780141193342
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Ref
99-28
About Jack Kerouac
Jack Kerouac was born in Lowell, Massachusetts in 1922. In 1947, enthused by bebop, the rebel attitude of his friend Neal Cassady, and the throng of hobos, drug addicts and hustlers he encountered in New York, he decided to discover America and hitchhike across the country. His writing was openly autobiographical and he developed a style he referred to as ... Read more
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