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"My witness is the empty sky." -- Jack Kerouac
Jean-Louis "Jack" Kerouac (; March 12, 1922 – October 21, 1969) was an American novelist and poet. 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 spontaneous method of writing covering topics such as jazz, promiscuity, Buddhism, drugs, poverty, and travel. His writings have inspired other writers, including Hunter S. Thompson, Tom Robbins, Thomas Pynchon, Lester Bangs, Will Clarke, Richard Brautigan, Ken Kesey, Haruki Murakami, Jon Foreman, and Bob Dylan. Unsympathetic critics of his work have labeled it "slapdash", "grossly sentimental", and "immoral". Kerouac became an underground celebrity and, with other beats, a progenitor of the Hippie movement. At age 47 in 1969 Kerouac died from internal bleeding due to long-standing abuse of alcohol. Since his death Kerouac's literary prestige has grown and several previously unseen works have been published. All of his books are in print today, among them: On the Road, The Dharma Bums, Mexico City Blues, The Subterraneans, Desolation Angels, Visions of Cody and Big Sur.

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Total Books: 403
L'ocan est mon frre
2022 - L'ocan Est Mon Frre (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9782072974830
ISBN-10: 2072974836
Genre: Literature & Fiction
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Anges de la Dsolation
2022 - Anges De La Dsolation (Paperback)Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9782207165751
ISBN-10: 2207165752
Genre: Literature & Fiction
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On the Road
2022 - On the Road (Hardcover)Paperback, Hardcover, Audio Cassette, Audio CD
ISBN-13: 9780241552643
ISBN-10: 0241552648
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Big Sur
2019 - Big Sur (Paperback)Paperback, Audio Cassette, Audio CD
ISBN-13: 9781734029260
ISBN-10: 1734029269
Genre: Literature & Fiction
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Kerouac Beat Painting
2018 - Kerouac Beat Painting (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9788857237794
ISBN-10: 8857237796
Genre: Arts & Photography
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The Beat Scene Photographs by Burt Glinn
The Unknown Kerouac Rare Unpublished  Newly Translated Writings
2016 - The Unknown Kerouac Rare Unpublished Newly Translated Writings [The Library of America] (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9781598534986
ISBN-10: 159853498X
Genres: Biographies & Memoirs, Literature & Fiction
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Old Angel Midnight
2016 - Old Angel Midnight [City Lights/Grey Fox] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780872867031
ISBN-10: 087286703X
Genre: Literature & Fiction
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Journaux de bord
2015 - Journaux De Bord [1947-1954] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9782070776689
ISBN-10: 2070776689
Genre: Literature & Fiction
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The Haunted Life and Other Writings
2015 - The Haunted Life and Other Writings (Paperback)Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780306823657
ISBN-10: 0306823659
Genre: Literature & Fiction
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Jack Kerouac Visions of Cody Visions of Gerard Big Sur
2015 - Jack Kerouac VIsions of Cody VIsions of Gerard Big Sur [Library of America #262] (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9781598533743
ISBN-10: 1598533746
Genre: Literature & Fiction
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Lonesome Traveler
2015 - Lonesome Traveler [Chinese Edition] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9787532767465
ISBN-10: 7532767469
Genre: Travel
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Sioc Maidine/Morning Frost Haiku
2014 - Sioc Maidine/morning Frost Haiku (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781851320837
ISBN-10: 1851320830
Genre: Literature & Fiction
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The Haunted Life
2014 - The Haunted Life [Penguin Modern Classics] (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9780141394084
ISBN-10: 0141394080
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Rveilletoi La vie du Bouddha
2013 - Rveilletoi La VIe Du Bouddha (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9782070124862
ISBN-10: 207012486X
Genre: Literature & Fiction
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Sea is My Brother
2013 - Sea Is My Brother (Paperback)Paperback, Audio CD
ISBN-13: 9780274799473
ISBN-10: 0274799472
Genres: Biographies & Memoirs, Literature & Fiction
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Doctor Sax
2012 - Doctor Sax [Spanish Edition] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9788493948993
ISBN-10: 8493948993
Genres: Literature & Fiction, Science Fiction & Fantasy
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Jack Kerouac Collected Poems Library of America Series Jacket
2012 - Jack Kerouac Collected Poems Library of America Series Jacket (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9781598531930
ISBN-10: 159853193X
Genre: Literature & Fiction
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Jack Kerouac Collected Poems
2012 - Jack Kerouac Collected Poems (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9781598531947
ISBN-10: 1598531948
Genre: Literature & Fiction
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Et les hippopotames ont bouilli vifs dans leurs piscines
2012 - Et Les Hippopotames Ont Bouilli VIfs Dans Leurs Piscines (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9782070124558
ISBN-10: 207012455X
Genre: Literature & Fiction
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Beat Generation
2012 - Beat Generation (Paperback)Hardcover, Audio Cassette, Audio CD
ISBN-13: 9782070125524
ISBN-10: 2070125521
Genre: Literature & Fiction
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2012 - On the Road Na Estrada [Em Portugues do Brasil] (Paperback)
2010 - Livre Des Esquisses [French Edition] (Paperback)
2008 - On the Road the Original Scroll [Penguin Classics] (Audio CD)
2008 - Doctor Sax Faust Part Three [Harper Perennial Modern Classics] (Paperback)
2007 - Sur La Route/edition Speciale [French Edition] (Paperback)
2007 - La Vanidad De Los Duluoz [Una educacion audaz, 1935-1946 - Spanish Edition] (Paperback)
2006 - Underwood Memories [French edition] (Paperback)
2006 - Book of Sketches [Poets, Penguin] (Paperback)
 
2005 - En El Camino [Compactos Anagrama] (Paperback)
2005 - The Dharma Bums Library Edition [Library Edition] (Audio CD)
2004 - On the Road [Audio CD - Unabridged] (Audio CD)Audio CD
2002 - Pomes (Paperback)
2002 - The Dharma Bums/satori in Paris [Hebrew Language Version] (Paperback)
2001 - Visions of Cody [Modern Classic] (Paperback)
2001 - Desolation Angels [Paladin Books] (Paperback)
2001 - The Subterraneans [Penguin Modern Classics] (Paperback)
2000 - Maggie Cassidy [Penguin Modern Classics] (Paperback)
1999 - Dharma (Paperback)
1999 - Lonseome Traveller Le Vagabond Solitaire [bilingual French and English edition] (Paperback)
1998 - Sprachprofi 6 Rsr [6. Jahrgangsstufe] (Paperback)
1994 - Scripture of the Golden Eternity [City Lights Pocket Poets Series] (Paperback)
1993 - On the Road Cassette [Audio Cassette - Abridged] (Audio Cassette)
1992 - Tristessa (Paperback)Paperback
 
1991 - Satori in Paris [Flamingo Modern Classics] (Paperback)
1990 - Safe in Heaven Dead [Hanuman Book No. 42] (Paperback)
1988 - Pic (Paperback)Paperback
1971 - Scattered Poems [City Lights Pocket Poets Series] (Paperback)
Lettres Choisies [1957-1969 - French Edition] (Paperback)
On the Road Coleo Lpm Pocket [Pé Na Estrada - Em Portuguese do Brasil] (Paperback)