{"product_id":"good-blonde-paperback","title":"Good Blonde - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJack Kerouac\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eRobert Creeley\u003c\/b\u003e (Preface by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn these uncollected writings Jack Kerouac has left us a portrait of himself in his life. He hitches a ride to San Francisco from Southern California with a beautiful blonde, goes on the road with photographer Robert Frank, rides a bus through the Northwest and Montana, records the blues of an old hobo, talks about the Beats and how it all began, gives his Essentials of Spontaneous Prose and defends his novel \u003ci\u003eThe Subterraneans\u003c\/i\u003e, compares Shakespeare and James Joyce, goes to a ball game and a prize fight, and reflects on Celine, on Christmas in New England, on jazz \u0026amp; bop, and tells us what he's thinking about. And in the closing piece cityCityCITY, we're treated to Jack's science fiction vision of the future.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReading now these various pieces, with all their substantial details so characteristic of Jack's work, I think of particular and how much a part of his way of being with others his attention really was . . . --Robert Creeley, preface\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKerouac offers observations on the Beat Generation, tying it to beatitude and lamenting its appropriation by the Hollywood borscht circuit.' His advice on writing is both incisively amusing (Try never get drunk outside yr own house') and perhaps unhelpful to the less talented (sketching language is . . . blowing' like a jazz musician). --\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJack Kerouac (1922-1969) was a principal actor in the Beat Generation, a companion of Allen Ginsberg and Neal Cassady in that great adventure. His books include \u003ci\u003eOn the Road\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Dharma Bums\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMexico City Blues\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLonesome Traveler\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eVisions of Cody\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePomes All Sizes\u003c\/i\u003e (City Lights), \u003ci\u003eScattered Poems\u003c\/i\u003e (City Lights), and \u003ci\u003eScripture of the Golden Eternity\u003c\/i\u003e (City Lights).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn these uncollected writings Jack Kerouac portrays himself in his life. He hitches a ride to San Francisco with a blonde, goes on the road with photographer Robert Frank, rides bus through the Northwest and Montana, records the blues of an old Negro hobo, talks about the Beats and how it all began, gives his \"Essentials of Spontaneous Prose\" and defends his novel The Subterraneans, compares Shakespeare and James Joyce, describes the cafeterias and subways of Manhattan, goes to a ballgame and a prize fight, and reflects on Christmas in New England, on Murnau's Nosferatu, on jazz \u0026amp; bop, and tells us what he's thinking about.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 232\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.68 x 8.52 x 5.6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 01, 2001\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42702148534335,"sku":"9780912516226","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/de1c646be46a8eb5f1f6264c4dbe4068.webp?v=1765023341","url":"https:\/\/dhl-adrianne.myshopify.com\/products\/good-blonde-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}