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Big Sur is a novel written by Jack Kerouac, that was published in 1962. The books perspective is told from Kerouac's alter ego Jack Dulouz. The novel describes Kerouac's frustration that he has with his fame of being a writer, and how he goes to his friends cabin on Big Sur to get away from the madness of every day existence. The novel also describes Kerouac's mental state of being, and his struggles with alcohol. Big Sur is a book for any man, women, and possibly animal who has an unhealthy obsession with the beat generation.

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Editions

25 editions · 6 languages
  • Paperback · English · 2020
    Woolf Haus Publishing · 210 pages · 9781925788402
  • Paperback · English · 2011
    Penguin Books · 224 pages · 9780143119234
  • Audiobook · English · 2002
    Blackstone Audiobooks · 9780786198870
  • Audiobook · English · 2002
    Blackstone Audiobooks · 1 pages · 9780786196593
  • Paperback · English · 2001
    Penguin Classics · 9780141198255
  • Paperback · English · 2001
    Big Sur (Flamingo Modern Classics)
    Flamingo · 192 pages · 9780586091579
Alcoholic psychosesBeat generationFictionFiction in EnglishBeats (Persons)Psicosis alcohólicasFicciónNovela autobiográfica