Bella bionda e altre storie

Fans of Kerouac know that his books are more than just stories about hitchhiking and looking for kicks—they’re also about his jazz-influenced literary style. In this collection of writings, in addition to discussions of the Beat Generation and the meaning and origin of the term “beat” as he employs Leggi tutto

This book helped me so much with my own writing, developing a mind for writing. I will definitely reread it.

When you buy these apocryphal books you are taking a gamble -- hoping that there is something worth reading in the pile left that wasn't already issued in the main canon of a writer's works. With some people it is disappointingly meagre offerings that show you nothing new about the writer; that sull Leggi tutto

A great collection of Kerouac ephemera. Arranged thematically, there's something here for every stripe of Kerouac fan, covering a wide range of his writing career.

This book could be renamed 'The Collected Essays & Short Prose works of Jack Kerouac' but it wouldn't sound as catchy as Good Blonde & Others . Good Blonde is the short hitchhiking story that opens the book and it is typical Kerouac, with a nice steady pace that keeps the reader interested. This book Leggi tutto

Raccolta di racconti e scritti vari, non tutti a mio gusto interessanti. Il libro vale la spesa anche solo per il primo racconto, Bella Bionda e tutta la sezione intitolata Sulla Strada, per Il mio gatto Tyke e per sentirlo "parlare" di Shakespeare e Celine. Ma la mattina, dopo aver dormito un po', ec Leggi tutto