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4.3 · 232 pages · First published 1962
*Big Sur* is a novel written by *Jack Kerouac*, that was published in 1962. The books perspective is told from Kerouac's alter ego *Jack Dulouz*. The novel describes Kerouac's frustration that he has with his fame of being a writer, and how he goes to his friends cabin on Big Sur to get away from the madness of every day existence. The novel also describes Kerouac's mental state of being, and his struggles with alcohol. *Big Sur* is a book for any man, women, and possibly animal who has an unhealthy obsession with the beat generation.
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Alcoholic psychosesBeat generationFictionFiction in EnglishBeats (Persons)Psicosis alcohólicasFicciónNovela autobiográficaAmerican fiction (fictional works by one author)Literary collectionsAmerican Autobiographical fictionFiction, biographicalAmerican literatureModern fictionGeneralLiterary CriticismUnabridged Audio - Fiction/GeneralAudio Adult: Books On TapeBooks & Reading
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- Penguin Publishing Group, Shinjuku Shobō, Flamingo, McGraw-Hill, Penguin Classics, Farrar, Straus and Cudahy
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- jpn, fre, rus, eng, spa