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01778aam a2200301Ia 4500 001 726A0714CE6E11E29DBAACB5DAD10320 003 SILO 005 20181108012225 008 110602s2011 nyu 000 f eng 020 $a 0143119230 (pbk.) : 020 $a 9780143119234 (pbk.) : 035 $a (OCoLC)728260927 040 $a SVP $c SVP $d YDXCP $d BWX $d YOU $d NHM $d BDX $d IBS $d LF3 $d NBU $d IWP $d SILO 100 1 $a Kerouac, Jack, $d 1922-1969. 245 10 $a Big Sur / $c Jack Kerouac. 260 $a New York : $b Penguin Books, $c 2011. 300 $a viii, 212 p. ; $c 20 cm. 520 $a Coming down from his carefree youth and unwanted fame, Jack Kerouac undertakes a mature confrontation of some of his most troubling emotional issues: a burgeoning problem with alcoholism, addiction, fear, and insecurity. He dutifully records his ever-changing states of consciousness, which culminate in a powerful religious experience. Big Sur was written some time after Jack Kerouac's best-known works, following a visit to northern California and the first feelings of midlife crisis. Kerouac stayed for several weeks in a cabin in Big Sur, California, and with friends in San Francisco. Upon returning home, he wrote this account in a two-week period. Critic Richard Meltzer referred to Big Sur as Kerouac's 'masterpiece, and one of the great, great works of the English language.' 650 0 $a Beat generation $x Fiction. 650 0 $a Alcoholic psychoses $x Fiction. 941 $a 5 952 $l FXPH314 $d 20220909024705.0 952 $l BAPH771 $d 20220416010109.0 952 $l LAPH975 $d 20200528052655.0 952 $l BOPG851 $d 20181006084500.0 952 $l RZPE145 $d 20140619022821.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=726A0714CE6E11E29DBAACB5DAD10320 994 $a C0 $b IWPInitiate Another SILO Locator Search