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Jack Kerouac and
A. M. Homes
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Da Capo Pr
Publication date
October 4, 2006
Pages
120
Binding
Paperback
Edition
1
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9781560258940
ISBN-10
1560258942
Dimensions
0.50 by 4.50 by 7.25 in.
Weight
0.30 lbs.
Original list price
$14.95
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Summaries and Reviews
Amazon.com description: Product Description:
Beat Generation is a play about tension, about friendship, and about karma â what it is and how you get it. It begins one fine morning with a few friends, honest laborers some of them, some close to being down-and-out, passing around a bottle of wine. It ends with a kind of satori-like reaffirmation of the power of friendship, of doing good through not doing, and the intrinsic worth of the throw-away little exchanges that make up our lives. Written in 1957, the same year that On the Road was first published, and set in 1953, Beat Generation portrays an authentic and alternate 1950s America. Kerouac's characters are working-class men and women â a step away from vagrants, but not a big step. Their dialogue positively sings, suggesting jazz riffs in their rhythm and content, and Kerouac, like a master composer, arranges it to magical effect. Here is the heart and soul of the beat mentality, the zeitgeist that blossomed over the decades and eventually culminated in the counter-culture of 1960s America. It's a spirit that still lives.
Editions
Hardcover
from Da Capo Pr (October 4, 2005); titled "Beat Generation"
9781560257424 | details & prices | 120 pages | 5.25 × 7.75 × 0.50 in. | 0.55 lbs | List price $18.00
About: A previously unpublished play written in the same year as 'On the Road' incorporates such themes as tension, friendship, and karma and follows the experiences of a group of down-and-out laborer friends who discuss their lives over a bottle of wine.
About: A previously unpublished play written in the same year as 'On the Road' incorporates such themes as tension, friendship, and karma and follows the experiences of a group of down-and-out laborer friends who discuss their lives over a bottle of wine.
Paperback
With Jack Kerouac |
from Gardners Books (July 19, 2012); titled "Beat Generation"
9781847492616 | details & prices | 120 pages | List price $13.30
The price comparison is for this edition
With A. M. Homes |
1 edition from Da Capo Pr (October 4, 2006)
9781560258940 | details & prices | 120 pages | 4.50 × 7.25 × 0.50 in. | 0.30 lbs | List price $14.95
About: Beat Generation is a play about tension, about friendship, and about karma â what it is and how you get it.
About: Beat Generation is a play about tension, about friendship, and about karma â what it is and how you get it.
CD/Spoken Word
With Et Al, Lenny Bruce |
from Rhino Records (November 1, 1992)
9780930589875 | details & prices | 6.25 × 12.25 × 1.50 in. | 1.20 lbs | List price $47.98
About: A collection of works by Jack Kerouac, William Burroughs, Lenny Bruce, Allen Ginsberg, and others.
About: A collection of works by Jack Kerouac, William Burroughs, Lenny Bruce, Allen Ginsberg, and others.
Cassette/Spoken Word
With Et Al, Lenny Bruce |
from Rhino Records (November 1, 1992)
9780930589882 | details & prices | 6.00 × 12.50 × 1.25 in. | 1.20 lbs | List price $39.98
About: A collection of works by Jack Kerouac, William Burroughs, Lenny Bruce, Allen Ginsberg, and others.
About: A collection of works by Jack Kerouac, William Burroughs, Lenny Bruce, Allen Ginsberg, and others.
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