Satori In Paris by Jack Kerouac [U.K. FIRST EDITION • FIRST PRINTING] 1967 • Andre Deutsch

Satori in Paris by Jack Kerouac

U.K. FIRST EDITION • FIRST PRINTING [1967] ANDRE DEUTSCH

True U.K. 1st.  First published in the U.S. by Grove Press several months earlier. 

Hardcover with dust jacket in beautiful condition.  Stunning, near mint copy with a few minor imperfections. 

Dust jacket is excellent. Some very light wear to edges and just a hint of discoloration.  Housed in an archival quality jacket protector. 

Book itself is stunning.  One faint spot to text block. Cloth boards are pristine. 

*Very faint, slim water stain to edges of front and rear endpapers (see all photos). 

All other pages look and read like new. 

ABOUT THE BOOK

This semi-autobiographical tale of Kerouac's own trip to France, to trace his ancestors and explore his own understanding of the Buddhism that came to define his beliefs, contains some of Kerouac's most lyrical descriptions. From his reports of the strangers he meets and the all-night conversations he enjoys in seedy bars in Paris and Brittany, to the moment in a cab he experiences Buddhism's satori - a feeling of sudden awakening - Kerouac's affecting and revolutionary writing transports the reader.

Published at the height of his fame, Satori in Paris is a hectic tale of philosophy, identity and the powerful strangeness of travel.