Visions Of Cody

Author: Jack Kerouac

Stock information

General Fields

  • : $24.95 AUD
  • : 9780141198224
  • : Penguin Books, Limited
  • : Penguin Books, Limited
  • :
  • : 0.33
  • : January 2012
  • : 198mm X 129mm X 21mm
  • : United Kingdom
  • : 24.95
  • : May 2012
  • :
  • :
  • : books

Special Fields

  • :
  • :
  • : Jack Kerouac
  • : Penguin Modern Classics Ser.
  • : Paperback
  • : 412
  • :
  • : English
  • : 813.54
  • :
  • :
  • : 480
  • :
  • :
  • :
  • :
  • :
  • :
  • :
  • :
Barcode 9780141198224
9780141198224

Description

An experimental novel which remained unpublished for years, "Visions of Cody" is Kerouac's fascinating examination of his own New York life, in a collection of colourful stream-of-consciousness essays. Transcribing taped conversations between members of their group as they took drugs and drank, this book reveals an intimate portrait of people caught up in destructive relationships with substances, and one another. Always fixated by Neal Cassady - the Cody of the title, renamed for the book along with Allen Ginsberg and William Burroughs - Kerouac also explores the feelings he had for a man who would inspire much of his work.

Reviews

You will find some of Kerouac's very best writing in this book. It is funny, it is serious. It is eloquent - The New York Times

Author description

Jack Kerouac (1922 - 1969) was an American novelist, poet, artist and part of the Beat Generation. Most of his life was spent in the vast landscapes of America or living with his mother, with whom he spent most of his life. Kerouac's best known works are On the Road and The Dharma Bums.