Jack Kerouac was an American novelist and poet of French-Canadian ancestry. He is considered a literary iconoclast and, alongside William S. Burroughs and Allen Ginsberg, a pioneer of the Beat Generation Kerouac is recognized for his method of spontaneous prose. Thematically, his work covers topics such as Catholic spirituality, jazz, promiscuity, Buddhism, drugs, poverty, and travel. He became an underground celebrity and, with other beats, a progenitor of the hippie movement, although he re...
Piers of the Homeless Night
Piers of the Homeless Night
Synopsis
This collection presents a series of vivid, freewheeling snapshots from Jack Kerouac's travels across America. Through his distinctive Beat Generation prose, readers gain insight into the human heart and the spirit of life on the road.
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Piers of the Homeless NightPaperback, 2018
64 pages
Penguin Books, LimitedLanguage: EnglishISBN: 9780241339183
