Door Wide Open: A Beat Love Affair in Letters, 1957-1958
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Door Wide Open" is a moving collection of love letters between two major figures of the Beat generation. Reflecting upon these tumultuous years, Johnson seamlessly interweaves letters and commentary, making the story of her affair with Kerouac as compelling as an epistolary novel. 208 pp. 5-city author tour. 17,500 print.Taal: Engels;Afmetingen: 16x197x129 mm;Gewicht: 159,00 gram;Geschikt voor: 18 jaar en ouder;Verschijningsdatum: juni 2001;Druk: 1;ISBN10: 0141001879;ISBN13: 9780141001876; Engelstalig | Paperback | 2001.

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arts and literature,authors,biographies,classics,essays and correspondence,historical,letters and correspondence,literature and fiction,memoirs, Door Wide Open: A Beat Love Affair in Letters, 1957-1958, They met in early 1957, eight months before the publication of On the Road made Jack Kerouac the most famous young writer in America. Some of the bitterest, saddest letters Kerouac wrote to his 21-year-old lover, Joyce Glassman, reveal the personal cost of the hysterical media attention that followed. Yet their early correspondence shows a side of Kerouac not always evident in his fiction: tender, spiritual, and supportive of Glassman's efforts to write her first novel. Now known as Joyce Johnson, she supplements the text of their epistles with commentary whose sensitive, rueful tone will be familiar to readers of her memoir, Minor Characters. The loving but independent air she assumed in her letters, Johnson notes, came from painful rewriting to eliminate all hints of hurt or need; as he wandered in and out of her life, Kerouac kept reminding her he didn't want to be tied down, even as he urged her to come visit whatever city he'd alighted in. Spiced with marvelously evocative period slang like dig and swing, and references to friends such as Allen Ginsberg and Neal Cassady, this poignant epistolary record of a 22-month love affair also brings to life an exciting moment in American cultural history, when the Beat writers gave "powerful, irresistible voices to subversive longings." --Wendy Smith.

Lieferung aus: Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, In Stock.
arts and literature,authors,biographies,classics,essays and correspondence,historical,letters and correspondence,literature and fiction,memoirs, Door Wide Open, They met in early 1957, eight months before the publication of On the Road made Jack Kerouac the most famous young writer in America. Some of the bitterest, saddest letters Kerouac wrote to his 21-year-old lover, Joyce Glassman, reveal the personal cost of the hysterical media attention that followed. Yet their early correspondence shows a side of Kerouac not always evident in his fiction: tender, spiritual, and supportive of Glassman's efforts to write her first novel. Now known as Joyce Johnson, she supplements the text of their epistles with commentary whose sensitive, rueful tone will be familiar to readers of her memoir, Minor Characters. The loving but independent air she assumed in her letters, Johnson notes, came from painful rewriting to eliminate all hints of hurt or need; as he wandered in and out of her life, Kerouac kept reminding her he didn't want to be tied down, even as he urged her to come visit whatever city he'd alighted in. Spiced with marvelously evocative period slang like dig and swing, and references to friends such as Allen Ginsberg and Neal Cassady, this poignant epistolary record of a 22-month love affair also brings to life an exciting moment in American cultural history, when the Beat writers gave "powerful, irresistible voices to subversive longings." --Wendy Smith.

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[ Edition: First Printing - First Thus ]. Excellent Condition. [ No Hassle 30 Day Returns ][ Ships Daily ] [ Underlining/Highlighting: NONE ] [ Writing: NONE ] Publisher: Penguin Books Pub Date: 6/1/2001 Binding: Paperback Pages: 208.

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Von Händler/Antiquariat, Discover Books.
Penguin Books. Paperback. VERY GOOD. Cover and pages show some wear from reading and storage.

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Von Händler/Antiquariat, Better World Books [51315977], Mishawaka, IN, U.S.A.
Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside.

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Door-Wide-Open~~Jack-Kerouac, Door Wide Open: A Beat Love Affair in Letters, 1957-1958, Hardcover.