{"product_id":"selected-letters-of-jack-kerouac-1940-1956-edited-by-ann-charters-advance-uncorrected-proof-1995","title":"Selected Letters of Jack Kerouac (1940-1956) edited by Ann Charters [ADVANCE UNCORRECTED PROOF] 1995 • Viking","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eSelected Letters of Jack Kerouac (1940-1956) edited by Ann Charters \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eADVANCE UNCORRECTED PROOF [1995] VIKING\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRare publishers advance.  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e*Text is tightly bound.  \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eCover wraps have been reinforced to binding leaving some\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003evisible cracking \/ binding glue along first page\u003c\/strong\u003e (\u003c\/em\u003esee photos)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOtherwise very good.   \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eSmall scuffed spot on first page (see photo).  All other pages look and read like new. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eABOUT THE BOOK\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eIn Jack Kerouac: Selected Letters 1957-1969, the second and final volume of his correspondence, Charters highlights letters written to his closest friends and colleagues that paint a heart-wrenching portrait of this broken American genius.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe first volume of Kerouac's letters documented the writer's discovery of his \"spontaneous prose\" method and the inspired composition of 11 books between 1951 and 1956. \"The second volume,\" writes Charters, \"demonstrates that the publication of his books and the attendant publicity and hostile critical response literally destroyed him.\" The book opens with letters written prior to the publication of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eOn The Road,\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ean event that would make Kerouac famous overnight and permanently alter the landscape of American literature, and concludes only days before his death in St. Petersburg, Florida, at age 47.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCharters provides indispensable commentary between the letters to give the biographical background of what was happening in Kerouac's life, while allowing the writer to comment on his own work as much as possible. Charters also includes some letters from his friends, such as Gary Snyder's reaction to being the fictional hero of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Dharma Bums,\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand Lawrence Ferlinghetti's letter to\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003emagazine defending Kerouac from malicious attacks by critics on his books and lifestyle. \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bookshop Apocalypse","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49078080340217,"sku":null,"price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/3103\/1574\/files\/kerouacselectedletters-1.jpg?v=1789546960","url":"https:\/\/bookshopapocalypse.com\/products\/selected-letters-of-jack-kerouac-1940-1956-edited-by-ann-charters-advance-uncorrected-proof-1995","provider":"Bookshop Apocalypse","version":"1.0","type":"link"}