Orpheus Emerged by Jack Kerouac
'There will never be a moment like this one,' says poet and fellow beatnik Robert Creeley in his introduction to this literary event: the first full-length work to be published since Kerouac's death in 1969. Recently discovered by his estate, ORPHEUS EMERGED chronicles the passions, conflicts and dreams of a group of bohemians searching for truth while studying at a university. Kerouac wrote the story shortly after meeting Allen Ginsberg, William Burroughs, Lucien Carr and others in and around Columbia University who would form the core of the Beats. ORPHEUS EMERGED is a unique portrait of an artist as a young man and shows a writer in the process of finding the voice that would eventually express the spirit of a generation.
"Rebellion, self-destructive behavior, alcoholism--all the Kerouac hallmarks are in evidence.."
Jack Kerouac is one of the most popular and influential writers in American literature, with the publication of ON THE ROAD he was considered the voice of 1960s Beat Culture. He died in St. Petersburg, Florida in 1969 at the age of forty-seven.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780743475143 |
| ISBN 10 | 0743475143 |
| Title | Orpheus Emerged |
| Author | Jack Kerouac |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | ibooks Inc |
| Year published | 2003-10-01 |
| Number of pages | 224 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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