Door Wide Open by Jack Kerouac

Door Wide Open by Jack Kerouac

A "wonderful" (The New York Times Book Review) and unique collection of love letters between Joyce Johnson and Jack Kerouac

"A touching commentary not only on the Beat Generation but on what it's like to be a young woman who loves a gifted, troubled guy with other things--besides love--on his mind."--Elle
 
On a blind date in Greenwich Village set up by Allen Ginsberg, Joyce Johnson (then Joyce Glassman) met Jack Kerouac in January 1957, nine months before he became famous overnight with the publication of On the Road. She was an adventurous, independent-minded twenty-one-year-old; Kerouac was already running on empty at thirty-five.
 
Door Wide Open, containing the many letters the two of them wrote to each other, reveals a surprisingly tender side of Kerouac. It also shares a vivid and unusual perspective on what it meant to be young, Beat, and a woman in the Cold War fifties. Reflecting on those tumultuous years, Johnson seamlessly interweaves letters and commentary, bringing to life her love affair with one of American literature's most fascinating and enigmatic figures.

Minor Characters, the 1983 National Book Critics Circle Award winner, the memoir Missing Men, the novel In the Night Café, and Door Wide Open: A Beat Love Affair in Letters 1957-1958 (with Jack Kerouac) are among Joyce Johnson's eight novels. She lives in New York City and has written for Vanity Fair and The New Yorker.

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ISBN 13	9780141001876
ISBN 10	0141001879
Title	Door Wide Open
Author	Jack Kerouac
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Penguin Putnam Inc
Year published	2001-06-01
Number of pages	208
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