{"product_id":"books-book-of-dreams-by-jack-kerouac","title":"Book of Dreams","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBook of Dreams\u003c\/i\u003e is Jack Kerouac's record of his dream life, a parallel autobiography of the soul, the sleeper's \u003ci\u003eOn the Road\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI got my weary bones out of bed \u0026amp; through eyes swollen with sleep swiftly scribbled in pencil in my little dream notebook till I had exhausted every rememberable item . . . .\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAwake of asleep, Jack's mind spun the web of relationships that were the substance of almost everything he wrote: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the book of dreams I just continue the same story but in the dreams I had of the real-life characters I always write about.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLost love, madness, castration, cats that speak, cats in danger of their lives, people giving birth to cats, grade school classrooms, Mel Torme, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Tolstoy and Genet all make repeated appearances, lending the collection a repetitive, nonprogrammatic logic and exposing an unfamiliar sort of vulnerable beauty in Kerouac's iconic persona. --\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere is much to lament in the saga of his life, and quite a bit is surprising. --Michael Kammen, \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJack Kerouac (1922-1969) was a principal actor in the Beat Generation, a companion of Allen Ginsberg and Neal Cassady in that great adventure. His books include \u003ci\u003eOn the Road\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Dharma Bums\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMexico City Blues\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLonesome Traveler\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eVisions of Cody\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePomes All Sizes\u003c\/i\u003e (City Lights), \u003ci\u003eScattered Poems\u003c\/i\u003e (City Lights), and \u003ci\u003eScripture of the Golden Eternity\u003c\/i\u003e (City Lights).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"World of Books ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53673121284369,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9781684223466.jpg?v=1781523237","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/books-book-of-dreams-by-jack-kerouac","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}